The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Runaway Kid (1960)

Ron Howard: Opie Taylor

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• Opie Taylor : George is runnin' away from home to be a cowboy. He only wants to stay here until he figures out whether he wants to go to Texas or Wyomin'.

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : You mean his folks don't know?

  Opie Taylor : Aw, Pa! How can you run away from home if your folks know?

  Aunt Bee Taylor : Of course. It kind of takes the starch out of the whole thing.

• Opie Taylor : I'm a-drawin' on you, Sheriff! Draw!

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : Aw, why don't you turn yourself in peaceful-like, son? You'll get a fair trial.

• Opie Taylor : Go on, Pa! You gotta fall down and die!

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : Well, I'll tell you the truth, son. I just got other things to do. I'm just too blame busy to die right now.

  Opie Taylor : Aw, shucks.

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : I'll die a little later on if I get the chance, though.

• Opie Taylor : First you say don't break a solemn promise. Now you say it's okay to break a solemn promise. You're sure mixin' me up, Pa.

• Sheriff Andy Taylor : [Andy is trying to explain to Opie why it's sometimes okay to break a rule or promise]  Well, uh, uh, um now, let me see... uh... suppose, uh... Suppose, suppose there was a little lake and there was a sign on it saying no swimming allowed. Now that's a law, and a law is pretty much the same thing as a rule, ain't that right? Well, now, uh, suppose, suppose there was a little boy and he broke that law and went swimming anyway and started to drown. Now suppose there was a fellow standing there watching. Now, should he obey the law and let that little boy drown, or should he break the law and save the little boy?

  Opie Taylor : Well, you couldn't let him drown.

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : Well, of course not!