Famous quotes

Homer Simpson has joined his son Bart in the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

Homer on the virtues of having children:
“You can teach them to hate the things you hate. And they practically raise themselves, what with the internet and all.”

Homer on motivation:
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try.”

Do you have a famous quote that inspires you or makes you laugh.

Email janet.snell@rbi.co.uk and we will share the best ones on this site.

Here are a couple to get you started:

“”Of course I’m a feminist. You have to be these days – it’s the only way to get the chicks.”
Ben Elton

“Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren’t. They weren’t even one of the questions.”
Julian Barnes.

“I would have killed myself but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself…they make you pay for the sessions you miss.”
Woody Allen in Annie Hall

“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.”
Jackie Mason

“I’m all for killing animals and turning them into handbags. I just don’t want to have to eat them.”
Victoria Wood

“We are all socialists nowadays.”
Edward VII in 1895