Homer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
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“Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.”
-- HomerSource : Homer (2008). “The Odyssey: Easyread Large Edition”, p.146, ReadHowYouWant.com
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“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
-- HomerSource : Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet
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“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother”
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“It's disgraceful how these humans blame the gods. They say their tribulations come from us, when they themselves, through their own foolishness, bring hardships which are not decreed by Fate.”
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“Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.”
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“Simpson, Homer Simpson/ He's the greatest guy in history/ From the/ Town of Springfield/ He's about to hit a chestnut tree.”
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“Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.”
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“Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.”
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“For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.”
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“If God didn't want us to eat cows, why are they made out of meat?”
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“Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile”
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“Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.”
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“Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.”
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“We have a great life here in Alaska, and we're never going back to America again!”
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“It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.”
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“some things you will think of yourself,...some things God will put into your mind”
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“I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!”
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“Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly.”
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“No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.”
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“No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”
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“When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces...I just know they're about to jab me with something.”
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“You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.”
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“I'll teach you to laugh at something that's funny!”
-- Homer
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