# Huey P. Long

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huey-p-long/201201>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huey-p-long/201201 "2003-09-12T14:14:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huey-p-long/201201/1 "2003-09-12T14:14:54Z")

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I’m looking for the exact quote and when it was said. A version of it is mentioned by John Goodman when he plays Huey.

I’ve also seen paraphrases of the quote on the internet.

Here’s another paraphrase:

Don’t write, what you can say on the phone.  
Don’t say on the phone what you can say face to face.  
Don’t say what you can gesture.