John Wayne movie quotes

“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.”
John Wayne

“Mr. Rat, I have a writ here says you're to stop eating Chen Lee's cornmeal forthwith. Now it's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of the same. See? Doesn't pay any attention to me.”
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“- Dan: Imagine finding you here.
- Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.”
John Wayne - Dan
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou

“Half the people in the world are women. Why does it have to be you that stirs me?”
John Wayne - George Washington 'G.W.' McLintock

“You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You gotta kill him or let him be.”
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“- Mattie Ross: Who's the best marshal they have?
- 'Sheriff': Bill Waters is the best tracker. The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn, a pitiless man, double tough, fear don't enter into his thinking.”
Kim Darby - Mattie Ross
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“Don't try to win this war all by yourself.”
John Wayne - Capt. Jim Gordon

“- Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
- Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
- Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
- Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!”

Robert Duvall - Ned Pepper
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“- Henry Gatewood: So you're the notorious Ringo Kid.
- The Ringo Kid: My friends just call me Ringo - nickname I had as a kid. Right name's Henry.”
Berton Churchill - Henry Gatewood
John Wayne - The Ringo Kid

“Don't say it's a fine morning or I'll shoot you!”
John Wayne - George Washington 'G.W.' McLintock

“Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.”
John Wayne - The Ringo Kid

“- Mattie Ross: I hope you don't think I'm going to keep you in whiskey?
- Rooster Cogburn: I don't buy that, I confiscate it. And a touch of it wouldn't do you any harm against the night air!
- Mattie Ross: I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!”
Kim Darby - Mattie Ross
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“- Mattie Ross: Trust you to buy another tall horse.
- Rooster Cogburn: Yeah. He's not as game as Beau, but Stonehill says he can jump a four rail fence.
- Mattie Ross: You are too old and fat to be jumping horses.
- Rooster Cogburn: Well, come see a fat old man some time.”
Kim Darby - Mattie Ross
John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

“The bigger the man, the deeper the imprint. And when he's in love, he suffers knowing it's a dead end.”
John Wayne - Young Matt Matthews