I think women secretly yearn for the return of John Wayne…

Surrounded by soy boys and pallid milquetoasts, left-wing women often secretly hanker for a Neanderthal macho man in their life.

— Miranda Devine

I was part of a growing community of women who were secretly dealing with harassment by Harvey Weinstein. But I also did not know…

— Lupita Nyong'o

While I am sure there are a number of women who secretly wonder whether they are lesbian, most simply have, somewhere, a fantasy about…

— Nigella Lawson

“Henny was one of those women who secretly sympathize with all women against all men; life was a rotten deal, with men holding all…

— Christina Stead

Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with…

— Bill Paxton

That's what the movies do. They don't entertain us, they don't send the message: 'We care.' They give us lines to say, they assign…

— Connie Willis

Hell no, I'm not interested in becoming the new John Wayne.

— Joe Don Baker

Sometimes I feel like John Wayne.

— Claire Denis

John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.

— Elizabeth Taylor

I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I've been doing okay, haven't I?

— John Wayne

People don't assume John Wayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends.

— Sylvia Kristel

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

— A. J. Foyt

Of the two 'True Grits,' the John Wayne version one is better.

— Caroline Lawrence

John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.

— Howard Hawks

John Wayne never wore Lycra.

— Ron Kauk