Top 1200 Great Simpsons Quotes & Sayings

I'm happy watching 'The Simpsons' at home.

When you're trying to come up with an idea for a movie it's actually the hardest part - the germ of the idea. Inevitably you think of something that would be great and then discover that it was on an episode of The Simpsons.

Bill Cosby spoke out against The Simpsons and there was this kind of evangelical, right-wing sect that was against The Simpsons. Fox was a new network at the time, though, so they were going to take risks.

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often it's poking fun at the people who would be its audience.

There are countless times where you're trying to channel somebody who's not there, but that's what you have to do. But Audrey Geisel, who has executive produced this film and Horton, and who works remarkably close with me, is a great source of information. (The Simpsons creator) Matt Groening once told me that one of the most important roles that he fulfills on The Simpsons is being the keeper of the integrity of the original vision.

I felt like I was a natural [in The Simpsons].

I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.

'The Simpsons' is still my favorite show. I have a really strong connection to it.

The Simpsons and Futurama are such big projects, going on for years and working in different media, that everything involved with them, promotion and merchandise and online presence and all the rest, deserve to be scrutinized, so that's part of it. I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone at the core of a multimedia juggernaut, even if you might not care for the specific pop-culture invasion of your brain. The people who do it work really hard.

That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.

Anybody in animation today would be lying if they said they weren't somehow influenced by 'The Simpsons' to a certain degree. Except for the shows that go out of their way to look as far from 'The Simpsons' as possible.

I loved 'The Simpsons' because it didn't talk down to its audience.

By June 1990, I'd racked up 'written by' credits on both 'Newhart' and 'The Simpsons.'

With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox.

I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction.

With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart.

'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.

I think the weather here is a big attraction for anyone. But also, there are more creative people per square mile in L.A. than anywhere in the world. They make 'The Simpsons' here. Anywhere they make 'The Simpsons' is a good place to be.

People think I'm a Simpsons character.

Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is 'The Simpsons'.

'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after 'The Simpsons' came out.

Like everyone is either, "I grew up with it," or "I loved it," or loved them now. And when you watch The Muppet Movie now, it is so current. It's like The Simpsons before The Simpsons. It's not as cynical as The Simpsons would be but it's self-aware and there are a billion jokes, it breaks the fourth wall every five minutes, it's astounding, it's awesome. It's very exciting to be a part of that.

There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on "The Simpsons". See, there's "The Simpsons", and then there's everything else.

Basically, we used to have a rule at 'Saturday Night Live' that you're not allowed to bring up 'The Simpsons' at the rewrite table, because 'The Simpsons' has done every joke there is. Every week there would be guys going, 'The Simpsons did that.' I go, 'C'mon.' And 'South Park,' too.

My family is really a classy 'Simpsons.'

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

Between 'Futurama' and 'Simpsons,' I'm able to work with the voices of Michael Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and the cast of 'Star Trek.' It's great, you know; it's great to work with such talented people.

It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons.

I know there are other Elton Simpsons out there. But I also know there are Elton Simpsons out there I cannot see.

My mother had no interest in cartoons. I remember thinking, 'I am never going to grow into that person.' Which is so ironic - now I get to work on 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama', all of these great animated series! TV was my passion.

'The Simpsons' is a tough act to follow, so I thought it was best not to do what they do.

The Simpsons are going to Delaware!

I have to say that The Simpsons comes from a huge number of great writers headed by Al Jean, the show-runner, and the work that they do is really fantastic. It's a blast just to sit around with them in the writers' room and listen to all the filthy jokes that will never get on the air.

They [ The Simpsons] are just like the Bible to me as far as what the high-water mark of comedy.

Aerosmith went on The Simpsons and they had fun.

The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.

I'm always watching old episodes of 'The Golden Girls' or 'The Simpsons.'

ESPN has so many characters, it's like 'The Simpsons.'

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?'

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.

When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will be delighted to do cancel The Simpsons.

There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.

I Feel like I'm one of the Simpsons

I've been a diehard fan of 'The Simpsons' since I was a kid.

Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?

'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.

Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation.

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.

I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.

So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think 'The Simpsons' have treated my disability responsibly.

I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.

I'm a lifelong Simpsons fanatic and I wanted to create my own animated show, one day.

The early seasons of 'The Simpsons' had a great deal of heart. That's what I'm trying to pull from, the kind of stuff that goes straight to kids' hearts. When they're watching, they don't necessarily know why they love something.

The Simpsons are ugly-looking, and they should be. That's what works. That's one of the things that's funny.