Robert:
That's certainly no life being a steer.Mike:
Oh? You don't think so? I should have thought you would have loved being a steer, Robert.Robert:
How do you mean, Mike?Mike:
Well they lead such a sort of quiet life. They never say anything important and they're always hanging around. I should have thought you'd enjoy that.
From the 1957 film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 The Sun Also Rises.
