I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" "A goal, A love and A dream give you total control… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can… — 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… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Let's say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person's life rather than to his reasoning adulthood.… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. — 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
