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Film Quotes by John Wayne

233 quotes
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: [Jeff holds his salute] What are you waiting for?
Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke: Trooper Yorke expects his salute to be retuned, sir. Army regulations.
[Quincannon laughs]
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Quincannon!
[Col. Yorke rises, salutes]
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Any liquor in this village?
Trooper Travis Tyree: Mucho tequila. They were slugging it down copious like when I left.
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Drums? Singing?
Trooper Travis Tyree: Yes, sir.
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Vengeance dance. They'll dance until dawn.
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: At Chapultopec, my father, your grandfather, shot for cowardice the son of a United States senator
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: But he must learn that a man's word to anything, even his own destruction, is his honor.
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: But put out of your mind any romantic ideas that it's a way of glory. It's a life of suffering and hardship, an uncompromising devotion to your oath and your duty.
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande
Year: 1950

Director:
John Ford
Lt. Col. Kirby York: You said it, soldier, that's enough for me!
Mrs. Kathleen York: Ramrod, wreckage and ruin, still the same Kirby York.
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Special privileges to special born, still the same Kathleen.
-- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)
A Man Betrayed
Year: 1941

Director:
John H. Auer
Lynn Hollister: [after purposely dropping papers] My hands feel like a flock of bananas!
A Man Betrayed
Year: 1941

Director:
John H. Auer
Lynn Hollister: [to Sabra] Compared to you a goldfish is a hermit.
A Man Betrayed
Year: 1941

Director:
John H. Auer
Lynn Hollister: That election was about as honest as a $3 bill.
A Man Betrayed
Year: 1941

Director:
John H. Auer
Lynn Hollister: Who's this Cameron?
Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron: Who wrote the Bible?
Lynn Hollister: Well, there's been conflicting reports.