J. Frank Dobie
“The last time I went to the Vuelta Abajo, I stopped by one plantation and the farmer asked me to join him for lunch. We ate grilled chicken, black beans, rice, plantains, and tomatoes. We drank strong coffee after the meal and smoked home-rolled cigars. Everything from the coffee beans to the tobacco had been grown on his property. ‘You can have all the money in the world, but you can’t have this,’ he said, looking at my fancy casual clothes. He had a point.”
James Suckling in Cigar Aficionado magazine
“Manhood is being able to tell the good guys from the bad guys.”
Fred Schwartz
“A Real Texan never wears his hat in the house or in a cafe.”
Bill Walraven in Real Texans
“The thing to remember about women is that they’re a lot smarter than men and they don’t play fair.”
Clint Eastwood, quoted in Men’s Journal
“Some time, son, we’ll have to go out behind the barn and have us a little talk. I’ll tell you some of what my daddy told me, things like: don’t smoke cigarettes, son. Cigars and pipes are okay, but not cigarettes. Don’t ever take women fishin’. Always keep a 'church key' and prophylactics in the glove compartment of your car. All guns are loaded. Don’t ever point a gun at a man unless you intend to kill him. Never shoot more more than you intend to eat. Don’t ever tax a man’s brow (that means don’t steal). Be proud of what you do and ‘fess up when you mess up. Always be respectful of your elders and women. He also told me a bunch of other neat stuff but, in deference to the ladies and the faint of heart, I shan’t go into details.”
Ol’ Griz, aka Cheapshot
“Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together…”
Carl Zwanzig
