Top 250 Matthew McConaughey Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Bringing a baby into the world is something I’ve always wanted, and now I’m completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being.”

— Matthew McConaughey

52. “Don’t play an attitude; don’t play a guy who’s negative. Play a guy who’s not trying to sell anybody on anything, he’s just saying how it is and if you want to come by what he’s thinking, you’re welcome. If you do not, then do not.”

— Matthew McConaughey

53. “I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.”

— Matthew McConaughey

54. “Guilt and regret kill many a man before their time. Get off the ride. You are the author of the book of your life. Turn the page.”

— Matthew McConaughey

55. “I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.”

— Matthew McConaughey

56. “I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It’s done more good things for me than it has not.”

— Matthew McConaughey

57. “The last card you turn over is the only one that matters.”

— Matthew McConaughey

58. “Sometimes we don’t need advice. Sometimes we just need to hear we’re not the only one.”

— Matthew McConaughey

59. “Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.”

— Matthew McConaughey

60. “I’ve never felt like a victim. I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy.”

— Matthew McConaughey

61. “I’d rather lose money havin fun than make money being bored,” he’d say.”

— Matthew McConaughey

62. “Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and commiting to it.”

— Matthew McConaughey

63. “God, when I cross the truth, give me the awareness to receive it the consciousness to recognize it the presence to personalize it the patience to preserve it and the courage to live it.”

— Matthew McConaughey

64. “I’m not trying to put on airs for anybody. I’m only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.”

— Matthew McConaughey

65. “I love it. It’s silly to say that it is a world of false and stupid people. Sure there are witches and swindlers, but you can meet there many creative, talented and generous persons too. Hollywood is a pleasant place, when you are hip to the game and you enjoy it for what it is really.”

— Matthew McConaughey

66. “Life is our resume. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?”

— Matthew McConaughey

67. “No computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed!”

— Matthew McConaughey

68. “Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.”

— Matthew McConaughey

69. “I work through life with commas. I don’t even know, do you have parentheticals?”

— Matthew McConaughey

70. “I’m a pretty loyal guy with friends and family, I’ve had the same friends for a long time.”

— Matthew McConaughey

71. “It’s nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it’s papa. They know it’s Dad.”

— Matthew McConaughey

72. “Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.”

— Matthew McConaughey

73. “There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.”

— Matthew McConaughey

74. “All I want is what I can see, all I can see is in front of me.”

— Matthew McConaughey

75. “I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy.”

— Matthew McConaughey

76. “Be brave. Take the hill. But first answer the question, “What is my hill?”

— Matthew McConaughey

77. “Knowing who we are is hard. Eliminate who we’re not first, and we’ll find ourselves where we need to be.”

— Matthew McConaughey

78. “A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.”

— Matthew McConaughey

79. “I came here to do two things, drink some beer and kick some ass. I’m running out of beer.”

— Matthew McConaughey

80. “Cynicism can be funny. But it’s the easy way. You’ll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.”

— Matthew McConaughey

81. “Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I’m your ultimate backpacker when I’m away. It’s just me and my backpack. It’s good for getting away from the industry.”

— Matthew McConaughey

82. “The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the rearview mirror of life. In time, yesterday’s red light leads us to a greenlight. All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure. In this life or the next, what goes down will come up.”

— Matthew McConaughey

83. “I’ve been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.”

— Matthew McConaughey

84. “For two years I led the Under-12 soccer league in red cards, as a goalie.”

— Matthew McConaughey

85. “The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.”

— Matthew McConaughey

86. “When I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.”

— Matthew McConaughey

87. “I’ve found that a good plan is to first recognize the problem, then stabilize the situation, organize the response, then respond.”

— Matthew McConaughey

88. “When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.”

— Matthew McConaughey

89. “I get it. You have the right to have guns. But look, let’s forget that right. Let’s forget the pleasure you get safely on your range, because it’s in the wrong hands in other places.”

— Matthew McConaughey

90. “Greenlights can also be disguised as yellow and red lights. A caution, a detour, a thoughtful pause, an interruption, a disagreement, indigestion, sickness, and pain. A full stop, a jackknife, an intervention, failure, suffering, a slap in the face, death. We don’t like yellow and red lights. They slow us down or stop our flow. They’re hard. They’re a shoeless winter. They say no, but sometimes give us what we need.”

— Matthew McConaughey

91. “I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them? You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.”

— Matthew McConaughey

92. “I’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.”

— Matthew McConaughey

93. “Romantic comedies are built to be light. They’re built for a certain buoyancy.”

— Matthew McConaughey

94. “When we truly latch on to the fact that we are going to die at some point in time, we have more presence in this one. Reach beyond your grasp, have immortal finish lines, and turn your red light green because a roof is a man-made thing.”

— Matthew McConaughey

95. “When you can design your own weather, blow in the breeze. When you’re stuck in the storm, pray for luck and make the best of it.”

— Matthew McConaughey

96. “We have to prepare for the job so we can be free to do the work.”

— Matthew McConaughey

97. “Then we return to civilization, able to better tend to our tendencies. Why? Because we took a walkabout.”

— Matthew McConaughey

98. “It’s a matter of how we see the challenge in front of us and how we engage with it. Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time.”

— Matthew McConaughey

99. “I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget.”

— Matthew McConaughey

100. “You know how it is, when you’re up to nothin no good’s usually next.”

— Matthew McConaughey