--- title: "9 Everybody Quotes By Clint Eastwood" description: "9 Everybody quotes by Clint Eastwood. Plus more from Clint Eastwood and more Everybody sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-think-everybody-has-something-that-the_1025080.jpg" --- > [I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-think-everybody-has-something-that-they-ve-been-obsessed-about-in/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-think-everybody-has-something-that-the_1025080.jpg) > [Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-kid/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/clint-eastwood-513_everybody_everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-ki_2304856.jpg) > [Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/nowadays-politically-everybody-is-promising-everything-that-s-the/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/clint-eastwood-513_everybody_nowadays-politically-everybody-is-promis_2134220.jpg) > [Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/naturally-everybody-has-certain-things-they-wish-they-hadn-t-done-in/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/clint-eastwood-513_certain_naturally-everybody-has-certain-things-t_471288.jpg) > [Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that's what everybody needs to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/romney-and-ryan-would-do-a-much-better-job-running-the-country-and/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/clint-eastwood-513_better_romney-and-ryan-would-do-a-much-better-j_950120.jpg) > [Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/everybody-accuses-me-of-moving-fast-when-i-direct-a-picture-i-don-t/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/clint-eastwood-513_direct_everybody-accuses-me-of-moving-fast-when_2187048.jpg) > [I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-grew-up-with-j-edgar-hoover-he-was-the-g-man-a-hero-to-everybody/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/clint-eastwood-513_ahead_i-grew-up-with-j-edgar-hoover-he-was-the_786416.jpg) > [I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-not-a-reality-tv-kind-of-guy-but-it-s-almost-like-we-re-living-in/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-m-not-a-reality-tv-kind-of-guy-but-it_2612024.jpg) > [God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einstein was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/god-gave-you-a-brain-do-the-best-you-can-with-it-and-you-don-t-have/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/clint-eastwood-513_argued_god-gave-you-a-brain-do-the-best-you-can_2481059.jpg) ## Other authors on Everybody ## More by Clint Eastwood > [I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-think-i-ve-met-anyone-with-a-stronger-work-ethic-than-ray/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-know-how-everybody-else-feels-but-i-just-long-for-reality/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/there-are-a-lot-of-conservative-people-a-lot-of-moderate-people/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/if-the-director-s-a-communist-whatever-he-s-a-communist-all-i-care-is/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t ordered to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/the-thing-that-haunts-a-man-the-most-is-what-he-isn-t-ordered-to-do/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [I love stories about women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-love-stories-about-women/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-mother-knew-how-to-read-music-and-everything-but-i-just-kinda/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/you-have-to-feel-confident-if-you-don-t-then-you-re-going-to-be/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/president-obama-is-the-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-have-been-trying-to-retire-to-the-back-of-the-camera-for-quite-a/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-father-died-very-suddenly-at-sixty-three-just-dropped-dead-for-a/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/they-ve-got-this-crazy-actor-who-s-82-years-old-up-there-in-a-suit-i/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-uncle-played-rugby-and-my-dad-played-football-and-they-used-to/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-am-a-good-listener-i-think-that-came-from-my-schooling/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) > [You thought the war in Afghanistan was OK. You know, I mean, you thought that was something worth doing. We didn't check with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/you-thought-the-war-in-afghanistan-was-ok-you-know-i-mean-you-thought/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everybody/clint-eastwood/#itemlist", "name": "9 Everybody Quotes By Clint Eastwood", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clint Eastwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-think-everybody-has-something-that-they-ve-been-obsessed-about-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-think-everybody-has-something-that-the_1025080.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-think-everybody-has-something-that-the_1025080.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-think-everybody-has-something-that-the_1025080.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.” — Clint Eastwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clint Eastwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-kid/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/clint-eastwood-513_everybody_everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-ki_2304856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/clint-eastwood-513_everybody_everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-ki_2304856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/clint-eastwood-513_everybody_everybody-is-idealistic-when-you-re-a-ki_2304856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.” — Clint Eastwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. 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