Top 250 Matthew McConaughey Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.”

— Matthew McConaughey

52. “My father – who I know is up there right now, with a big pot of gumbo, he’s got a lemon meringue pie, he’s probably in his underwear, and he’s got a cold can of Miller Lite – and he’s dancing.”

— Matthew McConaughey

53. “Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.”

— Matthew McConaughey

54. “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

55. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

57. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

64. “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

65. “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

66. “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

67. “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

68. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

73. “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

74. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

76. “If thine eye be single, Thy whole body will be full of light. – Matthew 6:22.”

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

78. “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

79. “Too many options can make a tyrant out of any of us, so we should get rid of the excess in our lives that keep us from being more of ourselves. When we decrease the options that don’t feed us, we eventually, almost accidentally, have more options in front of us that do.”

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

81. “A denied expectation hurts more than a denied hope, while a fulfilled hope makes us happier than a fulfilled expectation.”

— Matthew McConaughey

82. “To lose the power of confrontation is to lose the power of unity.”

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

84. “Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.”

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Matthew McConaughey

88. “If you’re not a starter and you think you should be, give em no choice in the decision. Play so well it’s undeniable.”

— Matthew McConaughey

89. “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

90. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

92. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

94. “God’s lucky. The Goddess of luck is fortune, fortune is the Sister of fate, fate is the Divine Order, and the Divine Order is God. So, as far as I can tell, if you believe in luck, you believe in God.”

— Matthew McConaughey

95. “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

96. “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

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

— Matthew McConaughey

98. “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

99. “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

100. “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