- Tom Hartman: So what's the answer?
- George Shumway: Moderation.
- Tom Hartman: Moderation?
- George Shumway: Moderation. You see now, you're younger now, and you get hot under the hat every once and a while. But I have found in my age that --- moderation. That's the rule of all things.
- Tom Hartman: Okay. I'll go along with you. So moderation, so what should we do?
- George Shumway: You got to take this thing step by step. I mean, Rome wasn't built in a day.
- Tom Hartman: What in the hell does this have to do with Rome?
- George Shumway: Oh, oh, oh, well there're a lot of busted marriages in ol' Rome. See, it just goes to prove that things don't change.
- Tom Hartman: Oh, yeah... .
- George Shumway: Now you young people, you think you're something different, or something like that, but the Rules, the Rules... .
- Tom Hartman: Rules? What Rules?
- George Shumway: The Rules, the, the, --- "Listen to your elders." I mean, experience is a very important thing.
- Tom Hartman: T: Oh, yeah, sure, sure...
- George Shumway: I'm glad you agree... . I think I got your mind straightened out now.