Col. John Marlowe:
[offers his hand to Kendall] I don't blame you if you... slap it away. Shake hands?
[they shake]
Col. John Marlowe: So long, Croaker.
Major Kendall: Take care, Section Hand. And if you should run into another doctor...
Col. John Marlowe: Yeah, I know... tree moss.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
[they shake]
Col. John Marlowe: So long, Croaker.
Major Kendall: Take care, Section Hand. And if you should run into another doctor...
Col. John Marlowe: Yeah, I know... tree moss.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe:
The Major seems to be out of uniform. Where are your sidearms, Kendall?
Major Kendall: If you check the book, Colonel, you'll see that a Regimental Surgeon doesn't wear one.
Col. John Marlowe: [Angrily, to Gen Hurlburt] First you cut out our artillery, then the wagons, and now you want to saddle us with a medical unit!
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Major Kendall: If you check the book, Colonel, you'll see that a Regimental Surgeon doesn't wear one.
Col. John Marlowe: [Angrily, to Gen Hurlburt] First you cut out our artillery, then the wagons, and now you want to saddle us with a medical unit!
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe:
Where did you pick up that Reb colonel?
Maj. Richard Gray: In the telegraph office, sir.
Col. John Marlowe: The telegraph office?
[officers begin to scramble]
Col. John Marlowe: Alright, Secord, you know what to do.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Maj. Richard Gray: In the telegraph office, sir.
Col. John Marlowe: The telegraph office?
[officers begin to scramble]
Col. John Marlowe: Alright, Secord, you know what to do.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Ethan:
Our turnin' back don't mean nothin', not in the long run. She's alive, she's safe... for a while. They'll keep her to raise her as one of their own till, until she's of an age to...
Martin: Don't you think there's a chance we still might find her?
Ethan: Injun will chase a thing till he thinks he's chased it enough. Then he quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns there's such a thing as a critter that'll just keep comin' on. So we'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as the turnin' of the earth.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Martin: Don't you think there's a chance we still might find her?
Ethan: Injun will chase a thing till he thinks he's chased it enough. Then he quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns there's such a thing as a critter that'll just keep comin' on. So we'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as the turnin' of the earth.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Ethan:
Well, Reverend, that tears it! From now on, you stay out of this. All of ya. I don't want you with me. I don't need ya for what I got to do.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Ethan:
What you saw wasn't Lucy.
Brad: But it was, I tell you!
Ethan: What you saw was a buck wearin' Lucy's dress. I found Lucy back in the canyon. Wrapped her in my coat, buried her with my own hands. I thought it best to keep it from ya.
Brad: Did they...? Was she...?
Ethan: What do you want me to do? Draw you a picture? Spell it out? Don't ever ask me! Long as you live, don't ever ask me more.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Brad: But it was, I tell you!
Ethan: What you saw was a buck wearin' Lucy's dress. I found Lucy back in the canyon. Wrapped her in my coat, buried her with my own hands. I thought it best to keep it from ya.
Brad: Did they...? Was she...?
Ethan: What do you want me to do? Draw you a picture? Spell it out? Don't ever ask me! Long as you live, don't ever ask me more.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead:
[while trying to regain nerve control of his toes in the hospital] I'm gonna move that toe!
--John Wayne (as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead) in The Wings of Eagles
--John Wayne (as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead) in The Wings of Eagles
Gen. Mike Randolph:
And now, God help them, 'cause that's all the help they'll get from us.
--John Wayne (as Gen. Mike Randolph) in Cast a Giant Shadow
--John Wayne (as Gen. Mike Randolph) in Cast a Giant Shadow
Gen. Mike Randolph:
Give this insubordinate s_n-of-a-b___h every truck and every blanket in the Third Army. And I don't care who you have to steal them from!
--John Wayne (as Gen. Mike Randolph) in Cast a Giant Shadow
--John Wayne (as Gen. Mike Randolph) in Cast a Giant Shadow
