The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

The Horse Trader (1961)

Ron Howard: Opie Taylor

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Quotes 

• [Opie's about to trade licorice seeds, which he knows are a sham, to a classmate for roller skates] 

  Andy Taylor : Uh, you know that, uh, that you've been taught the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have 'em do unto you?"

  Opie Taylor : Yes, Pa.

  Andy Taylor : Huh. You think you've been followin' that rule?

  Opie Taylor : Sure! Tommy did it unto me and now I'm doin' it unto Jerry!

• Opie Taylor : What's the matter, Pa?

  Andy Taylor : The matter is that I got a idea about the idea Jerry got about that cuff link bein' a button off of General George Washington's uniform and the idea I got is that it's just barely possible that the idea Jerry got coulda come from you. How 'bout it?

  Opie Taylor : Well...

  Andy Taylor : Now, come on. Tell me the truth. I don't wantcha lyin' to me on top of everything else.

  Opie Taylor : Okay. It's barely possible.

• Opie Taylor : If honesty is such a good policy, how come I'm out a cap pistol?