Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
JOHN WAYNEMost men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
More John Wayne Quotes
-
-
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
JOHN WAYNE -
But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNE -
There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.
JOHN WAYNE -
Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
JOHN WAYNE -
Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
JOHN WAYNE -
Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
JOHN WAYNE -
It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
JOHN WAYNE -
All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
JOHN WAYNE -
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNE -
I figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed up this drawl, the squint and a way of moving meant to suggest that I wasn’t looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror.
JOHN WAYNE -
You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
JOHN WAYNE -
Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
JOHN WAYNE -
A man ought to do what he thinks is right
JOHN WAYNE -
I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
JOHN WAYNE -
Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
JOHN WAYNE