I don't have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I'm not exactly a pantywaist. But I do… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
You're going to think I'm being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I read someplace that I used to make B-pictures. Hell, they were a lot farther down the alphabet than that . .… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
The hyphenated American is ridiculous. But that's what we have to put up with. I think that any person that's in the… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Contrary to what people think, I'm no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have… — 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