# Quote — Fred Thompson, Teaching the Pig to Dance

> My daddy always said that a man who walks around with a smile on his face all the time can't possibly know what's going on.

- Author: [Fred Thompson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson.md)
- Book: [Teaching the Pig to Dance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson/teaching-the-pig-to-dance.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson#Teaching_the_Pig_to_Dance_(2010)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson/teaching-the-pig-to-dance/my-daddy-always

## More from this book

> Teaching Latin to someone like me in high school was somewhat like trying to teach a pig to dance. It's a waste of the teacher's time and it irritates the pig.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson/teaching-the-pig-to-dance/teaching-latin-to-someone.md)

> They say that God protects drunks and children. I would add young morons to that list.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson/teaching-the-pig-to-dance/they-say-that.md)

> I heard Senator Sam Irvin of Watergate fame say something that stayed with me: 'If you can paint a really good picture of a cow, you don't have to write the word "cow" under it.'

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fred-thompson/teaching-the-pig-to-dance/i-heard-senator.md)