--- title: "10 Kind Quotes By Sean Penn" description: "10 Kind quotes by Sean Penn. Plus more from Sean Penn and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/sean-penn-3005_haiti_haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you-3006908_3006908.png" --- > [Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/sean-penn-3005_haiti_haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you-3006908_3006908.png) > [It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind-of-magic-any-kind-of-courage/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/sean-penn-3005_courage_it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind_1867969.png) > [We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dull-over-time-and-it-s-only-in/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/sean-penn-3005_any_we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dul_1118759.png) > [If you can't count on your heart having some kind of unified response, you can't count on anything. You use your heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/if-you-can-t-count-on-your-heart-having-some-kind-of-unified-response/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sean-penn-3005_film_if-you-can-t-count-on-your-heart-having_1579161.png) > [I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everything-in-life-burned-except-my/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/sean-penn-3005_anarchy_i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everyth_895158.png) > [Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/haiti-like-any-place-has-its-security-problems-it-has-a-great/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/sean-penn-3005_acceptable_haiti-like-any-place-has-its-security-pr_312071.png) > [There is a kind of sense of truth and reconciliation that is non-formalized, but it's understood and accepted. Haitians are Haitians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/there-is-a-kind-of-sense-of-truth-and-reconciliation-that-is-non/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/sean-penn-3005_accepted_there-is-a-kind-of-sense-of-truth-and-re_2262515.png) > [Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/well-the-kind-of-central-question-do-you-want-to-live-and-i-don-t/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/sean-penn-3005_alive_well-the-kind-of-central-question-do-you_270557.jpg) > [It's a foreground of my feeling. That place moves me. And I don't mean my country; it's part of our shared natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/it-s-a-foreground-of-my-feeling-that-place-moves-me-and-i-don-t-mean/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/sean-penn-3005_country_it-s-a-foreground-of-my-feeling-that-pla_3187267.png) > [You need governance, but you also need a middle class, you need agriculture, they need to be able to export. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/you-need-governance-but-you-also-need-a-middle-class-you-need/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/sean-penn-3005_able_you-need-governance-but-you-also-need-a_2324622.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Sean Penn > [A SWAT team surrounded my house and came in every door. But it happened because on the day that we split up, Madonna developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/a-swat-team-surrounded-my-house-and-came-in-every-door-but-it/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/the-advice-you-give-to-young-directors-for-sure-is-to-go-out-and/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact. Frankly, I'm still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/a-clearer-and-more-conventional-narrative-would-have-helped-the-film/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-think-that-people-like-the-howard-sterns-the-bill-o-reillys-and-to/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/that-on-a-romantic-level-if-you-feel-it-about-somebody-and-it-s-pure/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/in-between-i-go-broke-because-i-seem-to-do-movies-where-you-re-not/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/it-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-emotional-demands-of-a-role-i-ve-done/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/marriage-ain-t-easy-but-it-s-great-most-of-the-time/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/well-look-at-all-of-these-summer-blockbusters-you-can-t-help-but/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-don-t-see-myself-as-a-different-guy-than-i-was-ten-years-ago-i-don/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/well-the-kind-of-central-question-do-you-want-to-live-and-i-don-t/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/haiti-like-any-place-has-its-security-problems-it-has-a-great/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-m-a-huge-woody-allen-fan-good-movie-bad-movie-it-doesn-t-matter-i/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/sacrificing-american-soldiers-or-innocent-civilians-in-an/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) > [There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/there-is-no-shame-in-my-saying-that-we-all-want-to-be-loved-by/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/sean-penn/#itemlist", "name": "10 Kind Quotes By Sean Penn", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Penn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/sean-penn-3005_haiti_haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you-3006908_3006908.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/sean-penn-3005_haiti_haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you-3006908_3006908.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/sean-penn-3005_haiti_haiti-kind-of-gets-a-hold-of-you-3006908_3006908.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.” — Sean Penn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Penn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind-of-magic-any-kind-of-courage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/sean-penn-3005_courage_it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind_1867969.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/sean-penn-3005_courage_it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind_1867969.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/sean-penn-3005_courage_it-s-only-in-innocence-you-find-any-kind_1867969.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.” — Sean Penn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Penn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dull-over-time-and-it-s-only-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/sean-penn-3005_any_we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dul_1118759.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/sean-penn-3005_any_we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dul_1118759.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/sean-penn-3005_any_we-ve-let-the-blade-of-our-innocence-dul_1118759.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of…” — Sean Penn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you can't count on your heart having some kind of unified response, you can't count on anything. 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