Harold B. Lee Quotes

It's all right to pull the cow out of the mud on Sunday, provided that you don't push him in on Saturday night.

Harold B. Lee

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• It's all right to pull the cow out of the mud on Sunday, provided that you don't push him in on Saturday night.

  

  Harold B. Lee
  • Night
  • Sunday
  • Saturday