Quotes from John Wayne

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

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 fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

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

Life is tough, but if you are stupid, it's a lot tougher.

When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.

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

I've loved reading all my life.

I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.

Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.

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

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

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.

"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 the." The shootist.

A black sheep in the family, no doubt

A horse is a horse,it ain´t make a difference what color it is

A lot of guys make mistakes, I guess, but every one we make, a whole stack of chips goes with it. We make a mistake, and some guy don't walk away - forevermore, he don't walk away

A man ought to do what he thinks is right

Burning daylight

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 deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that the Old West has will never die. And as long as people want to pay money to see me act, I'll keep on making westerns until the day I die.

Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful