The surest way to lose at any endeavor is to quit. Morgan Freeman More Quotes by Morgan Freeman More Quotes From Morgan Freeman 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. Morgan Freeman strange-placescoffinssailor In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way. Morgan Freeman earthloveway 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. Morgan Freeman imaginedreamremember When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater. Morgan Freeman theatersuccessfulbelieve When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater. Morgan Freeman settlingteenagerschool 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. Morgan Freeman partymencountry Marijuana prohibition is just the stupidest law possible....Jus t legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. Morgan Freeman prohibitionmarijuanalaw Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen. Morgan Freeman strugglebreadjobs Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness. Morgan Freeman effortcharacterwatches 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. Morgan Freeman careersstrongplay Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable. Morgan Freeman significantsevenfind-me Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be. Morgan Freeman importantlisteningthinking There is no such thing as homophobia. It is not a fear. It is you being an asshole. Morgan Freeman homophobia We’re turning everything on the planet into food for humans so we’re cutting down the rainforests, displacing all of the animals, and we’re doing all this to feed humans... ... Imagine if there were only 2 billion people polluting? We’re already overpopulated. I feel we’ve become a parasite on this planet. If this population keeps growing, we’ll just keep devouring the planet, and I don’t think it’s going to stand for that very long. Morgan Freeman cuttinganimalthinking 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. Morgan Freeman talkingmenbelieve Most of the time it's the role. Sometimes it's the story and sometimes it just the paycheck. It's the little movies that come out as stories or the fact that I have work to go out, you know what I'm saying, you can only be out so long without work, you start getting antsy. Morgan Freeman rolesstorieslong Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'. Morgan Freeman agingcall-me And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter. Morgan Freeman mindwantwinter That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor. Morgan Freeman nextactorspeople 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. Morgan Freeman peopleyearsthinking
