When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Wayne: I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them ..... the Indians were selfishly trying to… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again"… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget. . . . he didn't lose your number. .… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty,… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
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. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ! I would crawl over the mountains of Beverly Hills on my hands and knees if I could do a movie… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
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… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in! — John Wayne Copy Share Image
“The worst part of it has been, I think, the adverse effect on family life. It kills off family conversation. And it’s harder to… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I don't have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I'm not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you --… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
