The Best Pappy O'Daniel Quotes

Pappy: Sounded to me like he was harboring a hateful grudge against the Soggy Bottom Boys on account of their rough and rowdy past. Looks like Homer Stokes is the kind of fellow who wants to cast the first stone.
[boos]
Pappy: Well, I'm with you folks. I'm a forgive and forget Christian. And I say, if their rambunctiousness and misdemeanoring, is behind them...
[turns away from the mike, towards Everett]
Pappy: [no-nonsense] It is, ain't it, boys?
Ulysses: Uh, yes sir, it is.
Pappy: Well, then, I say, by the power vested in me, these boys is hereby pardoned!

Pappy: And furthermore, by way of endorsing my candidacy, the Soggy Bottom Boys are gonna lead us all in a rousing chorus of "You Are My Sunshine."
[Applause. Pappy turns away from the mike, towards Everett]
Pappy: [no-nonsense] Ain't you, boys?
Ulysses: Governor, it's one of our favorites.
Pappy: Son... you're gonna go far.

Pappy: Shake a leg Junior! Thank God your mammy died givin' birth. If she'd have seen you, she'd have died o' shame.

[Discussing how to counter Homer Stokes' campaign for governor]
Junior: We could hire our own midget, even shorter than his.
Pappy: Wouldn't we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, bragging on our own midget, doesn't matter how stumpy.

Pappy: I'll press your flesh, you dimwitted sumbitch! You don't tell your pappy how to court the electorate. We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're MASS communicating!