Billy Pratt: Sam?
Sam McCord: Yes, Billy?
Billy Pratt: How do you feel when you're jealous?
Sam McCord: Well, how should I know?
Billy Pratt: Well, I'm jealous!
Sam McCord: Oh, where's that whiskey?


--John Wayne (as Sam McCord) in North to Alaska

Paul Regret: Gentlemen, let's remember we're gentlemen.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Forget it! He's just spittin' out words to see where they splatter.


--John Wayne (as Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter) in The Comancheros

Paul Regret: Give me one good reason why you don't marry that woman.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Why don't you mind your own business?
[pause]
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: I don't have one good reason.


--John Wayne (as Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter) in The Comancheros

Paul Regret: How do you know you killed him?
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: There wasn't time not to!


--John Wayne (as Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter) in The Comancheros

Penelope Worth: Quirt, please stay away from Laredo Stevens.
Quirt Evans: He owes me money. And don't worry - I might come out on top.
Penelope Worth: That'd be even worse.
Quirt Evans: Worse! Then it'd be worse if he goes down than if I go down?
Penelope Worth: Of course, don't you see that...
Quirt Evans: Oh, I know, I'd be a guy with a marked soul.
Penelope Worth: Don't make it sound so crude, Quirt. You see why - I couldn't love you.
Quirt Evans: Alright, I won't look up Laredo. It's better this way: every time he opens a door, every time he hears footsteps comin' around a corner... Laredo'll start sweatin', thinkin' it's me. His food won't sit well the rest of his life.
[he sees that she's looking sort of annoyed and amused at his attitude]
Quirt Evans: Well, alright; but if I'm gonna be holy, I gotta get some fun out of it!


--John Wayne (as Quirt Evans) in Angel and the Badman

Tom Fillmore: Why don't you get married and settle down? Why, you're running around like a maverick without a brand on.
Dare Rudd: Well, I don't like branding. It hurts in the wrong place.


--John Wayne (as ) in Born to the West

Paul Bonnard: [In reference to his father, whose true character has been revealed] He lied!
Joe January: Come on, he's paid his bills.
Paul Bonnard: An adulterer! A murderer!
Joe January: It can happen to any man, Paul - good *or* bad. Woman throws a harpoon into ya', and ya' go where SHE pulls.


--John Wayne (as ) in Legend of the Lost

Paul Bonnard: [Seeing Joe drinking whisky] Excuse me, monsieur, but I'm opposed to that.
Joe January: [Belligerently] Opposed to what?
Paul Bonnard: Taking liquor along.
Joe January: Well, I'm not. We'll compromise. You live your way. I'll live mine!
Paul Bonnard: For medicinal purposes perhaps it may be useful.
Joe January: [Smiling] Best desert remedy on the market!


--John Wayne (as ) in Legend of the Lost

Paul Bonnard: One gets to imagine strange things in the desert.
Joe January: Yeah, one meets them too!


--John Wayne (as ) in Legend of the Lost

Tucson Smith: Lullaby, what's holdin' you up? We gotta go!
Lullaby Joslin: It's not me, it's Elmer.
Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy: I don't want to ride in this roll. I'm no hot dog!
Lullaby Joslin: Shut up or I'll put mustard on your face.
Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy: I'll smother! I'll suffocate! In fact, I won't be able to breathe!
Stony Brooke: Can we depend on that?


--John Wayne (as ) in Santa Fe Stampede