John Wayne Quotes

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

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Funny, Life, Leadership

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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.

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

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Stupid, People, Reason

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

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Scared, Saddles, True Courage

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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.

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Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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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.

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Government, Giving, Promise

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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.

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Firsts, Mines, Asks

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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'.

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Men, Looks, Tough

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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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I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.

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Thinking, People, Lazy

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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.

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Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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

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Basketball, Decision, Done

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

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

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Stupid, Tough, Life Is

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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

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Regret, Yesterday, Tomorrow

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

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Teaching, Hard Work, Four

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Men forget everything; women remember everything.

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Funny, Sports, Humor

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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.

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

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Being Thankful, Thankfulness, Thankful For What You Have

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

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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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You're short on ears and long on mouth.

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Long, Ears, Mouths

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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.

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Funny, Movie, Girl

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Born: May 26, 1907
Died: June 11, 1979
Occupation: Film actor
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