370 Quotes by Matthew McConaughey

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

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

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

When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention. You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.

My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.

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. 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.

Nothing will bring you back down to earth like spitting a loogie in your own face.

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

Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.