Top 258 Quotes & Sayings by Morgan Freeman - Page 2

Your best posture is your next posture.

You don't know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don't have it.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

I am God. So it’s easy to play him. They say God is in all things. So if God is in me, then I am in God. Therefore, I am God. God does not exist without me.

You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God.

Marijuana prohibition is just the stupidest law possible....Jus t legalize it and tax it like we do liquor.

It's just the stupidest law possible... You're just making criminals out of people who aren't engaged in criminal activity. And we're spending zillions of dollars trying to fight a war we can't win! We could make zillions, just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. It's stupid.

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

Never give up the ganja.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

I always knew that someone was going to come at me with a script to play God. It's just one of those things, the way your career is unfolding and all the talk about gravitas etc etc, so I had a strong feeling that someone was going to offer me the part of God. I was totally prepared to say, 'Thanks but no thanks,' unless it was a comedy.

If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

I'm a firm believer that things happen as they should. The universe unfolds just as it's supposed to.

If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up a little too much space.

Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.

Well, here’s a scientific question: Has anybody ever seen hard evidence? What we get is theories from our earlier prophets. Now, people who think that God invented us think that the Earth can’t be more than 6,000 years old. So I guess it’s a question of belief. My belief system doesn’t support a creator as such, as we can call God, who created us in His/Her/Its image.

We humans are more concerned with having than with being.

In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.

I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.

There is no such thing as homophobia. It is not a fear. It is you being an asshole.

All you have to do is believe, then you will see everything.

The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him... They just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white - very white; American, Kansas, middle of America. There is no argument about who he is, or what he is. America's first black president hasn't arisen yet. He's not America's first black president. He's America's first mixed-race president.

Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party....Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What's, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We're going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here... It is a racist thing.

Insanity is being shit on, beat down, coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and a key to release it.

I don't do comedy. I think if a situation is funny you just play it for real and if it's funny, it's funny.

Freeman denied the claim that he was a “man of God”, saying that “the question of faith is whatever you actually believe is. We take a lot of what we're talking about in science on faith; we posit a theory, and until it's dis-proven we have faith that it's true. If the mathematics work out, then it's true, until it's proven to be untrue.

The public feels that if it's on the Internet and you can access it, you deserve it. You haven't committed any kind of crime. We may even have to rename piracy. But in any case, we have to confront it.

You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. 'Have you found joy in your life?' 'Has your life brought joy to others?'

I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.

As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.

Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, 'Well, I'm tired of climbing this hill. I'm never going to get to the top.' And you're only two steps from the top.

Audiences believe what you believe. It's a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you've got no choice. None at all.

I've always been a fan of or desired to or responded to variety. I like variety in life, so variety in work is a must.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.

If you look back on your life and where you started from it's like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It's like now I can't believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

If you dream you've got to dream that it's going to happen. Remember that. If you dream you have to imagine that it will actually happen.

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

Don't be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.

Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.