18 EXAMPLES OF THE WIT AND THE WISDOM OF HOMER J. SIMPSON

1. "Now son, you don't want to drink beer.  That's for Daddys,and kids with fake IDs."

2. "Marge, it takes two to lie.  One to lie and one to listen."

3. "You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life  if you had an electrified fooling machine."

4. "Marge, don't discourage the boy  Weaseling out of things is important to learn.  It's what separates us from the animals.....except for the weasel."

5.   "If you really want something in life you have to work for it.   Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers."

6. "To alcohol  The cause of - and solution to - all of life's   problems"

7.   "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city,   keeping its speed over 50, and if its speed changed, it would explode I  think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.'"

8.  "I want to share something with you - the three sentences that will get you through life.
         Number one, 'cover for me.'
         Number two, 'oh, good idea, boss.'
         Number three, 'it was like that when I got here.'"

 9. "Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda."

  10. "Step aside everyone  Sensitive love letters are my specialty:
        'Dear Baby,  Welcome to Dumpsville.  Population: you.'"

  11. "Don't let Krusty's death get you down, boy.  People die all the time. Just like that.  Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow.  Well, good  night."

12. "Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get."

13.   "Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else - and it hasn't-it's that girls should stick to girls' sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such."

14.   "Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike.  You just go in  every day and do it really half-assed.  That's the American way."

15.   "Stealing  How could you?  Haven't you learned anything from that  guy who  gives those sermons at church?  Captain whats-his-name?

16.   We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all   those  Police Academy movies?  For fun?  Well, I didn't hear anybody   laughin', did  you?"

17.   "Television - teacher, mother, secret lover"

18.   "Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without   adding,'you're  making  a scene.'"

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