Wayne Quotations

'Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wayne through the years as this figure carved in marble; this perfect man. The only thing we really know about is that he died in that alley outside of a theater. But every son has to confront the reality of his father at some point in his life.

When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.

The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

When I get the possibility of using a character like Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson, I try and think about what's most exciting or interesting about them as a person, so I try and think what they are at their core, or what piece of their psychology do I gravitate toward that I respect, and I'm excited by it when I read books about them.

John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.

John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.

I am excited to bring elements of my lifestyle to the masses with the Rich Gang, and with Lil Wayne to be able to share the feel of our labels with the YMCMB Apparel brand.

Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.

Batman and the Flash have a whole lot in common behind the mask. They've both experienced loss, know forensic science, and are both a bit introverted. In 'Flashpoint,' Thomas Wayne thinks Barry is crazy, but Barry thinks Thomas is crazy. It'll be really fun seeing those two trying to figure things out.

Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.

I have played a handful of rounds of golf with Wayne Gretzky.

Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

One-eyed Reuben 'Rooster' Cogburn is the role that finally delivered John Wayne his Oscar.

People don't assume John Wayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends.

Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team.

Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot.

John Wayne never ever disappointed his fans, because he was a cowboy.

I grew up loving the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns.

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived.

I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.

Everybody know, I don't do no promoting. I don't ever have to promote nothing, that's the beauty of Lil Wayne.

I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called Wayne Dyer: 'The Power of Intention,' which I loved.

One of the reasons I wanted to move him was that he wasn't pitching enough. We played 10 games in Fort Wayne or whatever it was, and he's been on the mound (four) times. We have to find ways to get him out there.

On the plane home, Wayne went to great lengths talking about how great a job Bird was doing, and about how the team was playing a style that reflected his own philosophy as a player,

My father was a sort of John Wayne Texan who'd worked as a cowboy when he was young. He'd participated in rattlesnake round-ups and swum with copperheads.

My husband and I have made this very difficult, heart-wrenching personal choice to move back to the West Coast. Fort Wayne is so a part of my heart. The decision was incredibly hard to make." ()

Of course it's a big honor. The Rangers are an original six team. A lot of great players played hear -- Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier -- a lot of great players. It's a big honor to me.

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

Obviously the message, or the brand, or what you see it won't be consistent. But it isn't a big issue. If it was a big issue Wayne would be asked to do what everybody else is doing. He and his people know what works in that district and the P.E.I. campaign and the national campaign trust his judgement on these things.

Peter has got the feet of a Wayne Rooney or a Ronaldo in that he has a lot of skills,

Naturally, Wayne and I were miffed. We'd been setting ourselves for this match for weeks,

I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta were in it. I was one of the leads, and I thought this was it. It got shelved for two years, and then it was in theaters maybe a week. After that, I adopted a philosophy of, 'Hope for the best, expect the worst.'

When Wayne came back from Italy he said one of their main problems was their defense wasn't involved in the offense, and that he doesn't want that (to happen) here now. He told us defensemen we have to jump into the play and play as a group of five people on the ice. Hopefully, it's going to create some offensive chances. At the same time, we have to be careful of turnovers.

We're concerned about Wayne State, but our preparation has been focused on playing our game.

Me and Wayne were battling for the ball. He was juggling it. I kept trying to fight, fight. I was falling, because I jumped before he did. Coach always says play to the whistle, and that's what I did.

So John Wayne ... rolled in the saddle as his nag ran at a gallop in the snow toward the chest-high fence. The horse stretched, Duke rose, and the two cleared the fence with plenty of room.

She's one of the top players in the area. She plays for the Fort Wayne Fever which is one of the top club teams in the state.

We might get some (good) shots against Wayne State. But those four need to shoot the ball well for us.

We want to make that happen, but we want Fort Wayne to put a USHL team in the city, and that way we could throw it back at you. My thoughts are that if Indy is ever going to have another team at the pro level, it won't be me who is involved in it. The only thing I'm interested in are the American Hockey League or this level, and I don't think this market can support an AHL team.

I have made the point that I do not want to let any players go. I didn't want to let Wayne go. I wanted to keep Wayne but that didn't happen. That was out of our control, but all the rest are in our control. I expect us to be keeping them - I really do.

I can just tell you on record that whatever happens, we need and want Wayne there. He is our leader. He got us through some tough times in '02 and we expect him to get us through some tough times in '06.

I don't believe in anti-heroes. Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.

From an economic development perspective, given the attention that the automotive industry is giving to this particular fuel choice, it's in Wayne County's, and ultimately the state of Michigan's, interest to be prepared to participate in the E85 rollout.

I get his fan mail, and take it to work. I've gotten boxes of persimmons, all kinds of stuff, ... One day a woman showed up from New Jersey, asking me for the donation I promised. I told her that she's probably looking for the Wayne Newton who lives in Las Vegas.

I emerged from summer league feeling that I would have no trouble, no problem playing Wayne Simien. And I think that's the first step for any player. ... I think he has the skills and the smarts and the toughness where you would have no problem.

Celebrities like John Wayne and Willie Nelson used to stay here, so we took that idea and ran with it. Our visitors really like staying in rooms with a unique ambience rather than the bland cookie-cutter chain hotel rooms we've all seen before. We replaced just about everything except the walls to give the rooms a whole new look and feel.

Here is what is going to happen with a company going into bankruptcy: They are going to cut any flight that isn't full. Fort Wayne is going to be in the boat of not filling up a flight.

Having him stand behind the bench is a great thing for the game of hockey, and we need that coming out of the lockout. He has so much pizzazz, and he brings so much leverage to the game that it's a perfect thing for the National Hockey League to have Wayne more involved.

What we've seen from Wayne is that he's a guy trying to put a winning team on the field now. It's not about six, seven years from now. It's about what happens now. That comes from the ownership. When the ownership wants to win, it just trickles down.

He's a guy that if you tell me, 'You've got an injury or whatever and you've got to play Wayne 24 minutes a game,' I'm fine with that.

We're obviously very concerned with what the House does as far as funding for Wayne State.

He did run him over, too, ... Wayne's a competitor. He gets frustrated about mistakes, but we are not down on Wayne Parker at all.

He did run him over, too. Wayne's a competitor. He gets frustrated about mistakes, but we are not down on Wayne Parker at all.

I am hoping that Wayne will ask to coach again next year.

I always take a shower, then sit down and relax while I listen to music on my CD player. My favorite artists are Lil' Wayne and Bun B.

He has a deep awareness of music like (Thelonious) Monk, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock and Wayne (Shorter),

I'm all into my rap grooves. I'm checking out artists like Lil' Wayne and Trick Daddy.

He's going to run the offense, he'll audible some plays for us and he comes off the field and tells us exactly what the defense is doing to a certain formation. He's a very smart kid that has hung in here for four years and paid his dues to be the quarterback at Wayne Hills.

Hockey is the ultimate team sport. You have to have all of the pieces working together. My example is I always use is Wayne Gretzky. He would often be in front of the net and get the puck from two guys who were getting the heck pounded out of them in the corner. They were making a lot less than him. They get bloody. Gretzky puts the puck in the net and he gets the glory.

He came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussing, and people started moving, ... I give the president some credit on this. He sent one John Wayne dude down here that can get some stuff done.

There is good depth to the squad and everyone can see what a quality player Wayne Rooney is,

We took up the entire space (of the old Grand Wayne Center). All the side rooms, every inch of it. So now we're all in one area. So much nicer and it's great.

I want to thank Wayne Weaver for stepping up and allowing me to remain part of the Jaguars' organization. We have a great nucleus of players here and we are looking forward to building on last year's success.

I went over to say hi to Rob and he introduced me to Wayne and Fred. I had made a radical purchase of some brown Beatle boots. Wayne was like 'Where did you get those boots! Who is this guy?

I was watching Wayne Rooney before the game, he is like a dog on a lead at the minute, we can let him off on Wednesday if the manager chooses to pick him.

I was disappointed it wasn't reported that I said Rio Ferdinand was the best defender in the world and that Wayne Rooney was the best footballer in the world.

Marion was the most athletic team we had played all season, before Fort Wayne Snider. All five starters, and maybe the first seven or eight players, are all extremely athletic. We did some things to turn it into an equal playing area against Marion. We'll likely use some of the same things against Snider.

Our players, if the effort isn't there, will see a much different side to Wayne Gretzky than the gentleman the public knows. He'll have no problem doing that.

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Part of it is the fact that we are getting tired of the bum rap we're getting in Fort Wayne the fat city, the dumb city we want to change our culture to be a more health-conscious city.

Our office has no objection to work release, as long as it is approved by the administrators at the Wayne County Jail.

I think everyone has underestimated how intimidated players are reacting to Wayne being (a coach),

People are always asking that a person should be perfect. Wayne is a genius as a player - he has everything - and he also has a temperament. But you can't ask people to be perfect.

John Wayne played a leader; a hero who you would follow, ... He was somebody who would do what he considered the right thing, no matter what.

It definitely was a difficult process for Wayne and his family. Wayne never ceases to amaze me. We're lucky to have him; not just Hockey Canada, but all of us.

It is my position that the incident that occurred on July 23, 2003, was a matter of the utmost seriousness, that it was a vicious assault that was entirely consistent with homicidal intent, and that such intent could be and should be proven against both Wayne and Cynthia Jensen,

It is also my opinion that further pursuit of a perjury/obstruction charge against Wayne Jensen would not only be difficult at best, but would be entirely counterproductive to what should be the central and overarching purpose of the prosecution of this incident.

I think any attention to the team is good. If they come to talk about Wayne and our coaching staff, maybe they'll leave talking about our team.

I think anybody would certainly be honored to have their name mentioned with Wayne Gretzky,

Our whole process here right now is to make sure everything is OK with Wayne and with his mom and that's where our focus is. I've talked to all of our other management people and we'll just take it day by day here.

It is a cliche, but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player. I'd rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now than any other.

I think it's no secret that Wayne County is looking for additional funds.

I thought we played really well all day long. To play them as close as we did in two games gave us some confidence. Wayne is 19-1 in the league and we were right in position to beat them twice. We had some guys swinging the bats well.

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher.

I think it's incredibly sad at the moment that we are actually contemplating selling Wayne Rooney,

The assassination of his character, to me, is absolutely ludicrous. There's no question in my mind, if there's a person in the world of hockey that deserves the benefit of the doubt in a situation such as this, it's Wayne Gretzky.

We have to keep things in perspective a little bit. They're (alleging that there has been) betting on football, not an uncommon thing. I don't think we should get too carried away with throwing people under the bus. It's an unfortunate situation and something that will be taken pretty seriously. Wayne Gretzky is a pretty well-respected guy and he deserves that.

We can't just rely on Wayne and Ruud.

Willie and Wayne are great players. They work hard just like I work hard. Whoever voted for this award felt like Willie was a better choice than me, so there's nothing you can really do about it.

Wilson Hunt has always had good tennis, for the most part. Eastern Wayne had some good players, too. As far as the balance of the league, I couldn't tell much difference from this year and last year. I really thought (the ECC) was just as strong as it had been being.

We issued a warrant for Jackie McClain, the driver of the truck. He was arrested. Wayne County Sheriff's Department picked him up and he was placed on $15,000 bond that he's already made. He will be going in front of a grand jury in February of 2006,

My cast comes from as far away as Fort Wayne and Toledo; they're willing to make the hour's drive just to be in it.

We know Wayne very well. We have no reason to doubt what he says.

We have known all along that Janet was not a suspect or a target, and Wayne was not. Both, at best, were fact witnesses. Maybe it had not been widely publicized.

Michigan is in peril. The state is in one of the worst crises of our lifetime. Wayne County is impeded from growing due to uncertainty in the auto industry. The good news is that there's been a steady, consistent trend toward better news.

We couldn't put them away. Wayne Franklin had a great second half. I thought we did a real good job defensively in the first half on him, but their scheme in the second half did a great job of getting him more touches.

That was a shocker to see that, especially so soon after it happened. On the day it happened, our secretary had a sister who worked in the building, and she came flying out, screaming and yelling. And a couple of the players, Wayne Chrebet and Vinny Testeverde, had friends who worked in there. That was a deal where it hit our team pretty hard, and we were so close to it anyway.