Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Groening

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

Matt Groening

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

Matt Groening

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.

Mary Wortley Montagu

As marriage produces children, so children produce care and disputes; and wrangling.

Mark Hamill

I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a big, furry dog that's flying a space ship.

Paul Rudd

I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its difficult to come up with a really great fake name. Its a very specific type of gift. You don't want to go too far into the silly, and you don't want to go too far into the banal. I always thought one of the funniest names ever was Gern Blanston, which came from a Steve Martin routine on one of his early records.

Paul Harvey

If you found yourself in a situation where you could either save a drowning man, or you could take a Pulitzer prize winning photograph of him drowning, what shutter speed and setting would you use?

Paul Harvey

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

Paul Goodman

Few great men would have got past personnel.

Julia Roberts

It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.

Julia Roberts

Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down; I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age.

Murray Walker

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

Murray Walker

And he's lost both right front tires.

Murray Walker

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.

Murray Walker

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

Murray Walker

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?

Murray Walker

I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem.

Murray Walker

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

Murray Walker

Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

Murray Walker

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.

Murray Walker

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

Murray Walker

As you can see, visually, with your eyes.

Murray Walker

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

Murray Walker

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

Murray Walker

And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

Murray Walker

Let's stop the startwatch.

Murray Walker

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

Murray Walker

Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.

Murray Walker

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

Murray Walker

Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.

Murray Walker

Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!

Murray Walker

Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now

Murray Walker

I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one.