John Wayne Quotes

Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let’s go! We’re burnin’ daylight!

Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.

If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn’t drink, they didn’t smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.

A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I’m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.

When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.

In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

My favorite four-letter words are ‘hard work’.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.