20 Quotes & Sayings By Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor and producer. He has been nominated for an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award among others. He is well known for his voice work in movies such as The Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and The Polar Express. His talent also extends to playing the voice of God in Bruce Almighty and the voice of Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

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Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it. Morgan Freeman
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Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort. Morgan Freeman
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Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny. Morgan Freeman
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As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less. Morgan Freeman
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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance. Morgan Freeman
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If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death. Morgan Freeman
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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
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I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. Morgan Freeman
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There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume. Morgan Freeman
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Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up. Morgan Freeman
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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
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The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit. Morgan Freeman
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I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman
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When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater. Morgan Freeman
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People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies. Morgan Freeman
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It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it. Morgan Freeman
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Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive. Morgan Freeman
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I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it. Morgan Freeman
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I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. Morgan Freeman