John Wayne Quotes - Page 5

This kind of war, you've gotta believe in what you're fighting for.

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.

Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .

I figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed up this drawl, the squint and a way of moving meant to suggest that I wasn’t looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror.

But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in every country. The good guys against the bad guys. No nuances. And the horse is the best vehicle of action in our medium. You take action, a scene, and scenery, and cut them together, and you never miss.

There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me.

I'm sure we can talk things out like civilized people.

I'm the stuff men are made of!

Let's say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person's life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I'd just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

Contrary to what people think, I'm no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.

Life's tough. It's even tougher when you are stupid.

I'm an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.

My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I'll stick one in.

A man is no better than he has to be.

Of course I know who you are. You're my girl. I love you.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.

But don't get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I'm awfully happy there's a thing called sex. It's an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn't be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.

Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.

Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it.

I never killed a man I didn't have to.

I don't want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.

Cowboys, just like the word says.

Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.