Famous John Wayne Quotations

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"A man has to have a code, a way of life to live by."
by John Wayne
"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway"
by John Wayne
"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway."
by John Wayne
"I stopped getting the girl about ten years ago. Which is just as well because I'd forgotten what I wanted her for"
by John Wayne
"I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing."
by 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."
by John Wayne
"I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys."
by Oliver L. North
"If youÆve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow"
by John Wayne
"Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much."
by John Wayne
"There's no reason to have this amount of traffic coming through a private residence road."
by John Wayne
"Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday."
by John Wayne
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight, very clean. When it arrives it is perfect. It puts itself in our hands. It hopes we learned something from yesterday."
by Unknown
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
by John Wayne
"Yer beautiful in yer wrath! I shall keep you, and in responding to my passions, yer hatred will kindle into love."
by John Wayne
"Life's hard, it's harder if you're stupid"
by John Wayne
"After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot like John Wayne. And I said, How so? And he said, Well, you're exactly the same in all your roles. Now, as a modern American actor, that's not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling compliment."
by Dermot Mulroney
"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much."
by John Wayne
"Tomorrow comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives, and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learnt something from yesterday."
by John Wayne
"Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"
by Stanley Kubrick


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