--- title: "1 Running wild Quotes By Stan Berenstain" description: "1 Running wild quotes by Stan Berenstain. Plus more from Stan Berenstain and more Running wild sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/stan-berenstain-28311_business_there-s-one-thing-about-all-this-i-just_1424361.jpg" --- > [“There’s one thing about all this I just don’t understand,” he said. “Ed Hooper could have run Farmer Ben’s Market out of business by lowering his prices. Sure, he would have lost money for a few weeks, but it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-berenstain/there-s-one-thing-about-all-this-i-just-don-t-understand-he-said-ed/) [Stan Berenstain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-berenstain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/stan-berenstain-28311_business_there-s-one-thing-about-all-this-i-just_1424361.jpg) ## More by Stan Berenstain > [“you can do against Milton.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-berenstain/you-can-do-against-milton/) [Stan Berenstain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-berenstain/) > [“Well, what you do with your farm is none of my business,” said Hooper. “It darn sure isn’t!” yelled Ben. “Because your business is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-berenstain/well-what-you-do-with-your-farm-is-none-of-my-business-said-hooper-it/) [Stan Berenstain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-berenstain/) > [“Ever seen a cow milked by hand in the movies?” he asked. “Certainly,” said Ferdy. “Then I guess you know all you need to,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-berenstain/ever-seen-a-cow-milked-by-hand-in-the-movies-he-asked-certainly-said/) [Stan Berenstain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-berenstain/) > [“Who’s that? ” she asked Farmer Ben. 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My wife had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-berenstain/i-ve-got-a-broken-milking-machine-i-can-t-afford-to-fix-and-i-ve/) [Stan Berenstain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-berenstain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/running-wild/stan-berenstain/#itemlist", "name": "1 Running wild Quotes By Stan Berenstain", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There’s one thing about all this I just don’t understand,” he said. “Ed Hooper could have run Farmer Ben’s Market out of business by lowering his prices. Sure, he would have lost money for a few weeks, but it would have been a lot safer than damaging Bens’ crops. Same thing with the Halloween Festival. Hooper didn’t have to ruin it. All he had to do was wait until Farmer Ben’s Market got going again, then run him out of business by lowering prices. 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