Film Quotes by John Wayne
233 quotes
Year: 1969
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Rooster Cogburn:
You sure you don't want the snake, too?
--
John Wayne
(as Rooster Cogburn)
in
True Grit
(1969)
Year: 1948
Director:
Howard Hawks*Arthur Rosson
Director:
Howard Hawks*Arthur Rosson
Thomas Dunson:
Cherry was right. You're soft, you should have let 'em kill me, 'cause I'm gonna kill you. I'll catch up with ya. I don't know when, but I'll catch up. Every time you turn around, expect to see me, 'cause one time you'll turn around and I'll be there. I'm gonna kill ya, Matt.
--
John Wayne
(as Thomas Dunson)
in
Red River
(1948)
Year: 1956
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Reverend Clayton:
Ethan, I gotta ask you and Martin to take a ride to State Capital.
Ethan: Is this an invite to a necktie party, Reverend?
Ethan: Is this an invite to a necktie party, Reverend?
--
John Wayne
(as Ethan Edwards)
in
The Searchers
(1956)
Year: 1956
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Reverend Clayton:
I say we do it my way. That's an order!
Ethan: Yessir. But if you're wrong don't ever give me another.
Ethan: Yessir. But if you're wrong don't ever give me another.
--
John Wayne
(as Ethan Edwards)
in
The Searchers
(1956)
Year: 1956
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Reverend Clayton:
Well, the prodigal brother. When did you get back? Ain't seen you since the surrender. Come to think of it, I didn't see you at the surrender.
Ethan: I don't believe in surrenders. Nope, I've still got my saber, Reverend. Didn't beat it into no plowshare, neither.
Ethan: I don't believe in surrenders. Nope, I've still got my saber, Reverend. Didn't beat it into no plowshare, neither.
--
John Wayne
(as Ethan Edwards)
in
The Searchers
(1956)
Year: 1956
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
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John Wayne
(as Ethan Edwards)
in
The Searchers
(1956)
Year: 1939
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Hatfield:
A gentleman doesn't smoke in the presence of a lady.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Three weeks ago I took a bullet out of a man who was shot by a gentleman. The bullet was in his back!
Hatfield: You mean to insinuate...
Ringo Kid: Sit down, mister. Doc don't mean no harm.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Three weeks ago I took a bullet out of a man who was shot by a gentleman. The bullet was in his back!
Hatfield: You mean to insinuate...
Ringo Kid: Sit down, mister. Doc don't mean no harm.
--
John Wayne
(as Ringo Kid)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Dr. Josiah Boone:
Seems to me I knew your family, Henry. Didn't I fix your arm once when you, oh, bumped off a horse?
Ringo Kid: Are you Doc Boone?
Dr. Josiah Boone: I certainly am. Ah, let's see... I'd just been honorably discharged from the Union Army after the War of the Rebellion.
Hatfield: You mean the War for the Southern Confederacy, sir.
Dr. Josiah Boone: I mean nothing of the kind, sir!
Ringo Kid: That was my kid brother broke his arm. You did a good job, Doc, even if you was drunk.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Thank you, son. Professional compliments are always pleasing. What happened to that boy whose arm I fixed?
Ringo Kid: He was murdered.
Ringo Kid: Are you Doc Boone?
Dr. Josiah Boone: I certainly am. Ah, let's see... I'd just been honorably discharged from the Union Army after the War of the Rebellion.
Hatfield: You mean the War for the Southern Confederacy, sir.
Dr. Josiah Boone: I mean nothing of the kind, sir!
Ringo Kid: That was my kid brother broke his arm. You did a good job, Doc, even if you was drunk.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Thank you, son. Professional compliments are always pleasing. What happened to that boy whose arm I fixed?
Ringo Kid: He was murdered.
--
John Wayne
(as Ringo Kid)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
Year: 1948
Director:
Howard Hawks*Arthur Rosson
Director:
Howard Hawks*Arthur Rosson
Matt, as a boy:
How did you know when he was gonna draw?
Thomas Dunson: By watching his eyes. Remember that.
Matt, as a boy: I will.
Thomas Dunson: Get a shovel and my Bible. I'll read over him.
Thomas Dunson: By watching his eyes. Remember that.
Matt, as a boy: I will.
Thomas Dunson: Get a shovel and my Bible. I'll read over him.
--
John Wayne
(as Thomas Dunson)
in
Red River
(1948)
Year: 1969
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Mattie Ross:
[watching Rooster load his revolver] Why do you keep that one chamber empty?
Rooster Cogburn: So I won't shoot my foot off.
Rooster Cogburn: So I won't shoot my foot off.
--
John Wayne
(as Rooster Cogburn)
in
True Grit
(1969)