The Way Martin Sheen Quotes & Sayings

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. — Martin Sheen

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others. — Martin Sheen

I love my country enough to risk its wrath by drawing attention to the negative things we don't always want to see. And that can be risky and you have to pay for that. (Ramon Estevez) on Inside the Actor's Studio — Martin Sheen

There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House ... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living. — Martin Sheen

I really enjoy Martin Sheen - he is very unexpectedly funny, very quick. — Noureen DeWulf

I love my country enough to suffer its wrath — Martin Sheen

Jim Dean and Elvis were the spokesmen for an entire generation. When I was in acting school in New York, years ago, there was a saying that if Marlon Brando changed the way people acted, then James Dean changed the way people lived. He was the greatest actor who ever lived. He was simply a genius. — Martin Sheen

The line between spontaneity and stupidity can be very thin. — Martin Sheen

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are. — Martin Sheen

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake. — Martin Sheen

The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all, become aware of it. We have to take responsibility for it. And then we have to do something about it for our own freedom, for our own salvation, for our own humanity. — Martin Sheen

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church. — Martin Sheen

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. — Martin Sheen

I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will. — Martin Sheen

We wind up in cells of our own making when we're not generous, loving, compassionate, and forgiving. Without love we build dungeons in our hearts and fill them with our perceived enemies. We believe they deserve to be there for the harm they've caused us. But by imprisoning them we're destroying our own spirits. When our dungeons are overflowing with these prisoners we refuse to set free, we become slaves to our self-righteousness, our anger, resentments, and self-loathing, which we let multiply until we wind up imprisoned on our own death row. — Martin Sheen

I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century. — Martin Sheen

... there was a saying that Marlon Brando changed the way actors acted, James Dean changed the way people lived. I believe that. — Martin Sheen

That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category. — Martin Sheen

Kids don't always stop to judge or analyze a new experience unless the adults around them react strongly. Otherwise, they just take in the experience and move on to the next one. — Martin Sheen

I became an actor because it was my clumsy attempt to become myself. — Martin Sheen

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch. — Martin Sheen

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World. — Martin Sheen

Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic. — Martin Sheen

I learned that the majority of the time, simplicity is the best way to go about things as you peel away the layers ... that's when you start finding the gold ... I can't say that was from my own acting. That was from observing actors like John Spencer and Martin Sheen ... I had a chance just to observe. — Dule Hill

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain. — Martin Sheen

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. — Martin Sheen

Oh you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting! — Martin Sheen

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority. — Martin Sheen

It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies. — Martin Sheen

Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't. — Martin Sheen

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty. — Martin Sheen

If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God. — Martin Sheen

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor. — Martin Sheen

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other. — Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors. — Sophie Thompson

Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow. — Martin Sheen

I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person. — Martin Sheen

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals. — Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man. — Terrence Malick

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting. — Martin Sheen

Have you noticed how Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen look nothing alike, and yet they both manage to look exactly like their father, Martin? — Ken O'Neill

Find something in your life worth fighting for — Martin Sheen