Frasi di John Wayne

“Con tutti questi neri si crea del risentimento a causa del loro dissenso, giustamente. Ma non possiamo tutt'a un tratto metterci in ginocchio e dare il comando di tutto ai neri. Credo nella supremazia bianca almeno finché i neri non vengono educati a prendersi le proprie responsabilità. Non credo nel dare autorità e posizioni di comando e di giudizio a persone irresponsabili.”

“Il sesso sano e lussurioso è magnifico.”

“Nessuno dovrebbe andare al cinema se non crede agli eroi.”

“Se un personaggio è stato ideato nero, naturalmente prenderò un attore nero. Ma non vado alla ricerca di ruoli per i neri. Penso che gli studios Hollywoodiani stiano facendo troppe concessioni. Non c'è dubbio che il 10% della popolazione sia nero, o di colore, o qualunque sia il termine con cui vogliono essere chiamati; di certo non sono caucasici. Comunque, suppongo ci debba essere la stessa percentuale di persone di colore nei film così com'è nella società. Ma non potrà essere sempre così. Non necessariamente ci sarà sempre il 10% di attori neri disponibili perché probabilmente non ci sono così tanti attori neri che si sono preparati adeguatamente.”

“Ho sempre seguito il consiglio di mio padre: mi ha detto, prima di mantenere sempre la parola data e, in secondo luogo, di non insultare nessuno involontariamente. Se ti insulto, puoi essere dannatamente sicuro che intendo farlo. E, terzo, mi ha detto di non andare in giro a cercare guai.”

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

“You're short on ears and long on mouth.”

“I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”

“A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.”

“I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.”

“Talk low, Talk slow, and Don't say too much.”

“courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway"

"A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life”

“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday. ”

“Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. ”

“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”

“I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”

“Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness.”

“My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.”

“All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.”

“We’re burnin’ daylight.”

“It's getting to be ri-goddamn-diculous.”

“Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.”

“I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were
selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”

“With a lot of blacks, there's quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightfully so. But we can't all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.”

“I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.”

“If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.”

“Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.”

“COWBOYS, just like the word says.”

“If I had known this, I would've put that patch on thirty-five years earlier.”

“We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!”

“In fact, I don't even call myself an actor. I'm a reactor. I listen to what to what the other guys says and I react to it.”