Sylvia Candler > Sylvia's Quotes

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

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

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

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

“A man's got to do what a man's got to do.”
― John Wayne

“We’re burnin’ daylight.”
― John Wayne

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

“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”
― John Wayne

“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.”
― John Wayne

“The hyphenated American is ridiculous. But that’s what we have to put up with. I think that any person that’s in the United States is better off here than they would be where they came from.”
― John Wayne

“Just one more question, Pilgrim. How far up your ass do you want my boot?”
― John Wayne

“Life it tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.”
― John Wayne

“A man oughta do what he thinks is best.”
― John Wayne

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

- J.B Books in The Shootist 1976, directed by Don Siegel”
― John Wayne

“As we live in an insane world major, maybe it's time we gave insane solutions a chance.”
― John Wayne, The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon

“Drop that or I'll blow ya straight to Jesus.”
― John Wayne

“Courage is being scared to death and standing up anyway.”
― John Wayne

“Courage is being completely paralyzed with fear and taking the first step anyway. Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.”
― John Wayne

“There's a lot of things great about life. But I thin tomorrow is the most important thing. It comes to 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.”
― John Wayne, John Wayne's America, Why I Love Her

“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.”
~John Bernard Books”
― John Wayne, The Shootist

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
― Maurice Switzer