Quotes from Matt Groening

Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons." --Mr. Burns

Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

Books are useless! I only ever read one book, To Kill A Mockingbird, and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! - Homer Simpson

Judging by his outlandish attire, he's some sort of free-thinking anarchist.

Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.

You watched it! You can't unwatch it!

Painted on shirts went over so well I thought, why not painted on pants? Well, the big shot manager at Krusty Burger didn't agree!

You see, Marriage is like a Coffin, and each Kid is another Nail.

I've found that child's play -stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy- was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.

One year later, I got beat up at a Neil Diamond concert by a guy named Scrunchie!

Si vas a hacer trampa, hazla con todas tus fuerzas

What I've noticed in a lot of other cartoonists is a sullen resentfulness about their lack of attention and tiny checking accounts. I vowed back in the days when I had no money that I would not allow that kind of bitterness to overtake me. . . . Cartooning, in general, is a very solitary occupation, and it breeds all sorts of self-punishing thinking

I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.

Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring and no one listens to you! — Russ Cargill

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try.' Homer Simpson

Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known... then went crazy as a loon." Lisa Simpson

English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England.

I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth." Homer Simpson

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson

I promise I'll do anything for you, especialy if it's easy. Homer Simpson

Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.

Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.