“Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good execu...” — John Milius Quote

“Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.”

“There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.”

“Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.”

“Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.”

“Everybody's a filmmaker today.”

“You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics.”

“Every man ultimately falls into the company with which he affiliates. And he is the strongest who draws men to himself, who creates the company; and this is through having a positive quality - courage and physical prowess.”

“If you look at the Affordable Care Act, ultimately that was saved not solely by lawmakers but because of the courage of individuals and families who went to Washington, who organized, who mobilized and said 'We're not turning around.'”

“The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.”

“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”

“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”

“At pivotal moments throughout history, there have always been grey areas, and there likely will be in the future. Courage now lies not in the black and white, as in the past, but in the grey.”