Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
Get off your horse and drink your milk.
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.
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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 was listed in the #3 position in the annual Harris Poll of "America's Top Ten Favourite Movie Stars" in 2006.
John starred with his son, John Ethan Wayne, in 1971 in the film Big Jake.
John, when asked how he wanted to be remembered, replied: 'Feo, Fuerte y Formal" - a Spanish proverb meaning "He was ugly, strong and had dignity"
John was honored with a square at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The Marine Corps had the sand used in the cement brought in from Iwo Jima.
John was ranked #16 in Empire (UK) Magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
John's son, Patrick Wayne, also appeared on television and in movies, including Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart.