He wanted to pay me in agriculture, but I told him, "I need something that's going to put food on the table.

“I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. …”

“A job is like a politician struggling in the water. Be sure you hold it down.”

“I’d make a good groom, if my last name were McBride.”

“I am a caged lion living like a free-range lamb.”