The Rockford Files (TV Series)

Forced Retirement (1977)

Larry Hagman: Richard Lessing

Quotes 

• Jim Rockford : That's another thing my daddy always said: smart folks always eat off the same plate, but those greedy ones always spill their dinner.

  Richard Lessing : I'm beginning to tire of your daddy.

• Jim Rockford : [Rockford, as Jimmy Joe Meeker, has barged into Lessing's office]  It's funny sometimes how people get invited to a picnic and never eat no chicken.

  Richard Lessing : I've never been to a picnic. Now, there's a door over there and I suggest you go through it before Virgil here helps you off with your hat.

  Jim Rockford : Ah, now I understand that kind of talk, I do. My daddy used to say,"When you look a man right in the eye it's hard to get your hand on his wallet."

  Richard Lessing : How insightful. Virgil, throw this sodbuster out.