The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)
The New Housekeeper (1960)
Ron Howard: Opie Taylor
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Quotes
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Sheriff Andy Taylor : Anybody here know why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace. I now pronounce you man...
Opie Taylor : I know why they shouldn't be married.
Sheriff Andy Taylor : Opie, what're you tryin' to do?
Opie Taylor : I'm speakin' now so's I won't have to forever hold my peace.
Deputy Barney Fife : You're not supposed to speak.
Opie Taylor : Then why did he ask?
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Opie Taylor : Can I run away from home?
Sheriff Andy Taylor : Uh... you... you want to run away from home? Well, now, uh, if-if-if that's what you got on your mind, well, you-you goin' about it all wrong.
Opie Taylor : I am?
Sheriff Andy Taylor : Oh, yeah. You ain't supposed to ask your pa.
Opie Taylor : But you always said I should never go anyplace far without gettin' your permission.
Sheriff Andy Taylor : Well, yeah, I know I did say that, but, uh, see-see, running away from home is a little special. See, what you do in a case like that is first you write a note SAYIN' that you're runnin' away, and then you do it.
Opie Taylor : You mean to tell me that's all there is to it?
Sheriff Andy Taylor : That's all.
Opie Taylor : But I don't know how to write.
Sheriff Andy Taylor : That does make a problem.
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Sheriff Andy Taylor : Now Opie, I'm your Pa and I'm tellin' you to hush up.
Opie Taylor : Well you told me I could speak or forever hold my peace.
Sheriff Andy Taylor : Well now I'm tellin' you if you don't hush up, you'll be forever holdin' the seat of your britches.
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Rose : Opie, dear, I'm marryin' Mr. Pine because I love him.
Opie Taylor : I thought you loved ME.
Rose : I do, Opie.
Opie Taylor : You don't catch me marryin' somebody else.
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Rose : And in the mornin', I want you to eat all your cereal and don't leave half the milk.
Opie Taylor : Okay. I won't leave half the milk.
Rose : Good boy.
Opie Taylor : I'll leave ALL the milk.
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Opie Taylor : I want you to stay!
Aunt Bee Taylor : You do?
Sheriff Andy Taylor : You mean it, Opie?
Opie Taylor : Sure!
Aunt Bee Taylor : Well, what changed your mind?
Opie Taylor : Well, if she goes, what'll happen to her? She doesn't know how to do anything - play ball, catch fish, or hunt frogs. She'll be helpless.