John Wayne Quotes

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  Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Life, Leadership

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Wayne's lost world" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2007.

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• TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!

  John Wayne

  Scared, Saddles, True Courage

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  The reason there are so many stupid people is because it's illegal to kill them.

  John Wayne

  Stupid, People, Reason

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  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

  Down And, Open Minded, Speak

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.13, Taylor Trade Publications

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• When the road looks rough ahead, remember the 'Man upstairs'
  and the word HOPE.
  Hang onto both and 'tough it out'.

  John Wayne

  Men, Looks, Tough

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  A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.

  John Wayne

  Firsts, Mines, Asks

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• Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.

  John Wayne

  Government, Giving, Promise

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• I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.

  John Wayne

  Hell, My Family, Living My Life

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.27, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go! We're burnin' daylight!

  John Wayne

  Daylight, Biscuits, Slap

  "Fictional character: Wil Andersen". "The Cowboys", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.

  John Wayne

  Life Is, Knocked Down, More Time

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  I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. 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

  Hands, People, Western Movie

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.64, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.

  John Wayne

  Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• 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

  Thinking, People, Lazy

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• True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

  John Wayne

  Basketball, Decision, Done

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• Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid

  John Wayne

  Stupid, Tough, Life Is

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  All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

  John Wayne

  Men, Battle, Scared

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.61, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

  John Wayne

  Regret, Yesterday, Tomorrow

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• I never trust a man that doesn't drink.

  John Wayne

  Men, Never Trust, Drink

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.47, Taylor Trade Publications

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• My favorite four-letter words are 'hard work'.

  John Wayne

  Teaching, Hard Work, Four

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• If you can't be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.

  John Wayne

  Being Thankful, Thankfulness, Thankful For What You Have

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• I have found a certain type calls himself a Liberal...Now I always thought I was a Liberal. I came up terribly surprised one time when I found out that I was a Right-Wing Conservative Extremist, when I listened to everybody's point of view that I ever met, and then decided how I should feel. But this so-called new Liberal group, Jesus, they never listen to your point of view.

  John Wayne

  Jesus, Wings, Views

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.16, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

  John Wayne

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause ? you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Movie, Girl

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• I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply:
  men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty,
  never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

  John Wayne

  Real, Fighting, Men

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.53, Taylor Trade Publications

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