Tag: John Wayne
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I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‘The Big Trail’ had been a success and launched me as a star.
John Wayne
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
John Wayne
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All I’m for is the liberty of the individual.
John Wayne
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Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.
John Wayne
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Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.
John Wayne
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Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.
John Wayne
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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.
John Wayne
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I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.
John Wayne
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
John Wayne
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I’ve loved reading all my life.
John Wayne