John Wayne Quotes

"I haven't lost my temper in 40 years; but, Pilgrim, you caused a lot of trouble this morning; might have got somebody killed; and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. The hell I won't!"
- John Wayne - To Leo Gordon in McLintock!

"That'll be the day!"
- John Wayne - The Searchers

"Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!"
- John Wayne - True Grit

"Don't apologize—it's a sign of weakness."
- John Wayne - Speaking to his young cavalry lieutenants in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne - The Shootist

"I'm looking at a tin star with a ... DRUNK pinned on it."
- John Wayne - El Dorado

"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway."
- John Wayne

"Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much."
- John Wayne

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
- John Wayne

"I've always followed my father's advice he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble."
- John Wayne