Archie Bunker

"That's not how we did things in my day."

"I got no use for fancy talk and fancy ideas."

"A real man provides, and that's all there is to it."

"You can't make everybody happy, so don't try."

"These things happen, you just gotta roll with it."

"I'm the same person I've always been."

"You're gonna be sorry when I'm gone, and you'll wish you'd listened to me more often."

"That's what's wrong with this country - everybody's got an opinion and nobody's got any sense."

"I work hard, I pay my taxes, and I don't ask nobody for nothing."

"Women! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em."

"The trouble with young people today is they don't respect nothing anymore."

"I'm telling you, this is the only way to do it, and I've been doing it for forty years."

"A man's gotta have pride in his home and his family, no matter what."

"You kids don't know how good you got it these days."

"I never had much education, but I got common sense, and that's worth more."

"Things ain't like they used to be, and that's the problem right there."

"A man does what he's gotta do to provide for his family."

"Don't get smart with me - I'm the one paying the bills around here."

"You gotta earn respect; it ain't given to you on a silver platter."

"I call it like I see it, and if people don't like it, that's their problem."

"Back in my day, we didn't need all this fancy stuff to be happy."

"A woman's place is in the home, taking care of her husband and kids."

"I ain't prejudiced - I'm just realistic about how things are."

"You work, you eat. You don't work, you don't eat. That's life."

"Marriage is a man's greatest burden, but it's also his greatest blessing."

"I've made mistakes in my life, but I've always owned up to 'em."

"The government's got too much control over us regular working people."

"You gotta be tough if you're gonna make it in this world."

"I didn't go to college, but I got more brains than half them educated people."

"There's nothing wrong with having money - the trick is keeping it."