# Greatest Simpsons Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195 "2012-02-17T22:58:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/241 "2012-03-11T02:42:22Z")

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My favourite ‘doesn’t remember Homer’ bit:

‘Smithers! Who is that lollygagger?’  
‘Homer Simpson, sir. One of our chair moisteners from Sector 7G.’

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**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/242 "2012-03-11T02:49:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “Simpson, eh?” - Mr. Burns
> 
> Running gag. He rarely remembers Homer.

Burns: That man who’s getting all those laughs, Smithers. Who is he?  
Smithers: Homer Simpson, sir, one of the carbon blobs from sector 7G …

Burns: I’m pleased to dedicate this remote work terminal. It will allow our safety inspector here to perform his duties from home. And so excelsior to you, Mr… [to Smithers] What’s the name of this gastropod?  
Smithers: Simpson, sir. One of your chair moisteners from Sector 7G.

Burns: Who is that lavatory linksman, Smithers?  
Smithers: Homer Simpson, sir. One of the fork and spoon operators from sector 7G.  
Burns: Well, he’s certainly got a loose waggle.

Burns: Really Smithers, I’ll be fine. I’m sure your replacement will be able to handle everything. Who is he, anyway?  
Smithers: Uh, Homer Simpson, sir. One of your organ banks from sector 7G. All the recent events of your life have revolved around him in some way.  
Burns: Simpson, eh?

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/243 "2013-02-13T18:38:22Z")

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L. T. Smash: It’s a three-pronged attack: subliminal, liminal and superliminal.  
Lisa: Superliminal?  
L. T. Smash: I’ll show you. (leans out of window) Hey, you! Join the Navy!  
Carl: Uh, yeah, all right.  
Lenny: I’m in.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/244 "2013-02-13T18:47:55Z")

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Krusty on the Canyonero: “It’s the Cadillac of automobiles!”

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**Author:** ![mbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mbetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbetter)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/245 "2013-02-13T19:34:18Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Homer (looking over DVDs at Rainier Wolfcastle’s garage sale): You got anything that’s not gay porn?  
> Wolfcastle (wearily): Just what you see on the shelf.

Homer: Hey! Your early porno movies! Are any of these hetero?  
Rainier Wolfcastle: What’s there is there.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/246 "2013-02-13T20:06:34Z")

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At a marriage retreat:

**Flanders:** Sometimes Maude, God love her … well, she underlines passages in _my_ Bible instead of _hers_!

**Homer:** [_Sotto voce_] Humph! Good thing you don’t keep guns in the house!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/247 "2013-02-13T20:07:09Z")

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> [@mbetter](#):
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> Homer: Hey! Your early porno movies! Are any of these hetero?  
> Rainier Wolfcastle: What’s there is there.

Thanks. Guess I misremembered it.

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/248 "2013-02-13T20:11:35Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> FBI man 1: Tell you what, Mr. Simpson, from now on your name is Homer Thompson,at Terror Lake.Let’s just practice a bit, hmmmm? So when I say hello Mr. Thompson, you say hi.  
> Homer: Check! …

A similar sequence that I love just as much…

Chief Wiggum: Uh, I hate to interrupt your fun boys, but I got a few complaints that your game is crooked.  
Homer: [laughs] And how.  
Chief Wiggum: Gee, I’d hate to close you down. Maybe we can reach a little, uh, understanding here.  
[holds out his hand]  
Homer: [monotone] I understand.  
Bart: Um, hey, Dad, I… I think he wants…  
Homer: Not right now, Son. Daddy’s talking to a policeman.  
Chief Wiggum: Uh, let me put it this way. I’m looking for my friend Bill.  
[glances down at the cash box]  
Chief Wiggum: Have you seen any Bills around here?  
Homer: No.  
[points to Bart]  
Homer: He’s Bart.  
Chief Wiggum: [groans] Listen carefully, and watch me wink as I speak, okay?  
Homer: Okay.  
Chief Wiggum: The guy I’m really looking for, wink,  
[winks]  
Chief Wiggum: is Mr. Bribe, wink, wink.  
[winks twice]  
Homer: It’s a ring toss game.  
Chief Wiggum: All right, that’s it. I’m shutting this game down.

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**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/249 "2013-02-14T03:58:49Z")

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Chief Wiggum: “No, you’ve got the wrong number. This is 9-1-…2.”

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/250 "2013-02-14T04:50:55Z")

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> [@sco3tt](#):
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> Chief Wiggum: “No, you’ve got the wrong number. This is 9-1-…2.”

Homer sees Bart on TV at the shelter: “Operator! Give me the number for 911!”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/251 "2013-02-14T05:43:35Z")

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Chief Wiggum (sitting at the police station and seeing the robot baby harp seals move towards the door to their jail cell): “Omigod! I’d better call 911!” (gets busy signal) “Jeez, that is ALWAYS busy! Idiots.”

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**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/252 "2013-02-14T15:25:26Z")

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> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> Chief Wiggum: Uh, I hate to interrupt your fun boys, but I got a few complaints that your game is crooked.  
> Homer: [laughs] And how.  
> Chief Wiggum: Gee, I’d hate to close you down. Maybe we can reach a little, uh, understanding here.  
> [holds out his hand]  
> Homer: [monotone] I understand.  
> Bart: Um, hey, Dad, I… I think he wants…  
> Homer: Not right now, Son. Daddy’s talking to a policeman.  
> Chief Wiggum: Uh, let me put it this way. I’m looking for my friend Bill.  
> [glances down at the cash box]  
> Chief Wiggum: Have you seen any Bills around here?  
> Homer: No.  
> [points to Bart]  
> Homer: He’s Bart.  
> Chief Wiggum: [groans] Listen carefully, and watch me wink as I speak, okay?  
> Homer: Okay.  
> Chief Wiggum: The guy I’m really looking for, wink,  
> [winks]  
> Chief Wiggum: is Mr. Bribe, wink, wink.  
> [winks twice]  
> Homer: It’s a ring toss game.  
> Chief Wiggum: All right, that’s it. I’m shutting this game down.

Later, as the game is being towed away:  
Carny: Why didn’t you offer him a bribe?  
Homer: I was trying, but the opportunity never came up!

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/253 "2013-02-14T21:42:42Z")

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Cooder: Hey, you lost your money fair and square! I didn’t scam nobody!  
Homer: Put down your stick, we’re here to work. Starting today, we’re Carnies just like you.  
Cooder: Well, in that case, let me show you how I scammed you.

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**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/254 "2013-02-15T13:19:55Z")

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Marge : “Apu’s not guilty of anything except violating US law”

Homer, praying : “God, if you want me to eat these cookies give me absolutely no sign…thy will be done” (gobbles the cookies)

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/255 "2013-02-15T15:26:00Z")

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This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth – Mexico or Portugal!

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**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/256 "2013-02-15T22:28:14Z")

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Pray… For… Mojo

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-simpsons-quotes/613195/257 "2013-03-11T05:26:01Z")

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“The frogurt is also cursed.”

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