Quotes by Dan Castellaneta

“God bless those pagans.”

“Go ahead and play the blues if itll make you happy.”

“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.”

“Ah, beer, my one weakness. My achilles heel, if you will.”

“The code of the schoolyard, Marge! The rules that teach a boy to be a man. Lets see. Dont tattle. Always make fun of those different from you. Never say anything, unless youre sure everyone feels exactly the same way you do.”

“What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.”

“Homer no function beer well without.”

“I didnt have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”

“Im having the best day of my life, and I owe it all to not going to Church!”

“Well, Im tired of being a wannabe league bowler. I wanna be a league bowler!”

“All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say Yo Goober! Wheres the meat?. Im trying to impress people here Lisa. You dont win friends with salad.”

“Im going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I wont be back for TEN MINUTES.”

“Yes, honey...Just squeeze your rage up into a bitter little ball and release it at an appropriate time, like that day I hit the referee with the whiskey bottle.”

“Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say youre prejudiced against all races.”

“I have feelings too - like My stomach hurts or Im going crazy!”

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.