John Wayne

"I won't say a man is down and out until he's dead."

"The law says you're innocent until proven guilty, but that doesn't work in practice."

"I've had three wives, six children, and six grandchildren, and I wish I'd spent more time with them."

"Consequences, schmonsequences—as long as I'm rich."

"I'd rather learn from experience than hear about it."

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age."

"Words are what men live by—words they say and mean."

"My Daddy always said the only thing better than talking is listening."

"Life is short. Make it sweet."

"Out of the night that covers me, black as the pit from pole to pole."

"I'm a thinking man. That is my curse."

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads only one thing."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

"Retirement is for quitters."

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

"A man's got to know his limitations."

"Honesty is something you can't wear out."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"I'm a cowboy. Cowboys are my people."

"I stick with what I know. Horses and guns work the same way everywhere."

"There's nothing more important than good health, good friends, and good whiskey."

"You feel lost, just aim for the next canyon."

"A man doesn't search for a way out when the way is right in front of him."

"I've learned that life throws you curveballs, but the key is staying in the batter's box."

"Tomorrow's another day, and it belongs to us."

"Freedom is something you have to fight for every single day."

"The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a quitter."

"If you've got to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

"I believe in white man's rules and if the black man plays by the same rules, amen."

"Compromise is where you give some things up and don't get anything in return."