Fallon:
Get out of here! The Sheriff's comin'!
Dinkey Hooley: I think we're on the wrong side.
Dare Rudd: This is no time to think!
--John Wayne (as ) in Born to the West
Dinkey Hooley: I think we're on the wrong side.
Dare Rudd: This is no time to think!
--John Wayne (as ) in Born to the West
Graciela Carmela Maria 'Flaca' de Lopez y Vejar:
Crockett? You are the famous Davy Crockett?
Col. Davy Crockett: Well, I'm Crockett. They named me Davy after an uncle that didn't leave Pa the farm after all.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Alamo
Col. Davy Crockett: Well, I'm Crockett. They named me Davy after an uncle that didn't leave Pa the farm after all.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Alamo
Hoag:
Maybe prison took some of the starch out of you?
[Taw shoots a withering glare at the deputy who shrinks back]
Taw Jackson: Maybe.
--John Wayne (as Taw Jackson) in The War Wagon
[Taw shoots a withering glare at the deputy who shrinks back]
Taw Jackson: Maybe.
--John Wayne (as Taw Jackson) in The War Wagon
Major Kendall:
That's a pretty primitive outlook; medically speaking, that is.
Col. John Marlowe: Well, doctor, war isn't exactly a civilized business.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe: Well, doctor, war isn't exactly a civilized business.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Miss Hannah Hunter:
[military cadets have opened fire] What are you going to do now *Mister* Col. Marlowe?
Col. John Marlowe: With all due respect, m'am, I'm gonna get the hell outta here.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe: With all due respect, m'am, I'm gonna get the hell outta here.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Miss Hannah Hunter:
Major Gray, an actor... and Colonel Secord almost a senator... but Colonel Marlowe, you must be a professional soldier.
Col. John Marlowe: No, prior to this current insanity I was a railroad engineer.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe: No, prior to this current insanity I was a railroad engineer.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Miss Hannah Hunter:
They'll catch up to you and cut you to pieces, you nameless, fatherless scum. I just wish I could be there to see it.
Col. John Marlowe: If it happens, Miss Hunter, you will be.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Col. John Marlowe: If it happens, Miss Hunter, you will be.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Horse Soldiers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud:
Well, I guess Lawrence is burned to the ground.
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Yeah. Well, we got a saying down in Texas: that it takes a good fire to burn down the weeds... to let the flowers grow.
--John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Yeah. Well, we got a saying down in Texas: that it takes a good fire to burn down the weeds... to let the flowers grow.
--John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command
Pa Bascom:
What did they do, Coleman?
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: Killed my best friend. And I've been on their trail ever since.
Pa Bascom: That's a serious charge. If you're sure, we'll call a settler's meeting in the morning to try 'em.
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: You can call a settler's meeting to bury 'em!
Pa Bascom: What do you mean?
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: I kill my own rats.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Big Trail
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: Killed my best friend. And I've been on their trail ever since.
Pa Bascom: That's a serious charge. If you're sure, we'll call a settler's meeting in the morning to try 'em.
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: You can call a settler's meeting to bury 'em!
Pa Bascom: What do you mean?
Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout: I kill my own rats.
--John Wayne (as ) in The Big Trail
Brad:
There's only one way you can stop me from looking for Lucy, mister, and that's kill me!
Martin: That's the way I feel, Uncle Ethan
[Edwards glares at him]
Martin: Ethan... Sir.
Ethan: Alright, but I'm giving the orders here. I'm giving the orders and you'll follow 'em, or we're splitting up right here and now!
Martin: Well, sure, Ethan. Just one reason were here, ain't it, is to find Debbie and Lucy?
Ethan: If they're still alive.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
Martin: That's the way I feel, Uncle Ethan
[Edwards glares at him]
Martin: Ethan... Sir.
Ethan: Alright, but I'm giving the orders here. I'm giving the orders and you'll follow 'em, or we're splitting up right here and now!
Martin: Well, sure, Ethan. Just one reason were here, ain't it, is to find Debbie and Lucy?
Ethan: If they're still alive.
--John Wayne (as Ethan Edwards) in The Searchers
