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In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
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What's the point of going out, we're just going to end up back here anyway?
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.
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Kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential murderers.
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The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.
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It's a different way of getting across an emotion. You're trying to get it across to the animator because the animator is inspired by the voicetrack in terms of how to animate the character.
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Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
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Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
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Lets just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV.
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It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
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I'm having the best day of my life, and I owe it all to not going to Church!
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Good drink... good meat... good God, let's eat!
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English? Who needs to spend time learning that? I'm never going to England!
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It is better to watch things then to do them.
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Excuse me Doctor, I think I now a little something about medicine.
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It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
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Now Bart, since you broke Grandpa's teeth, he gets to break yours.
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What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
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Well, I'm tired of being a wannabe league bowler. I wanna be a league bowler!
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Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them.
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I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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Marge, old people don't need companionship, they need to be isolated and studied to see what useful nutrients can be obtained from them...