The best Quotes by John Malkovich

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium.

I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.

History's a rock. Can't swim if you're holding it.

You see, a beast cannot be expected to understand private property. But a man, even a stupid one, knows the difference between mine... and yours.

Turns out that freshwater fish don't make it in the salt. Me, I'm a freshwater fish. I know I'm in the right tank.

Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

It's harder to build a good chair than to build a skyscraper.

One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.

I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money.

Less is more.

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

We think too much and feel too little.

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

I dream of a day where I walk down the street and hear people talk about Morality, Sustainibility and Philoshophy instead of the Kardashians.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.