"We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff."

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"We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff."

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"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

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"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

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"No, it's funny, when I eat out it's not typically in the kind of restaurants people might imagine."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

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"It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it."

Maya Lin, American Architect

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"A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

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"The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television."

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"Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to."

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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."

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"When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time."

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"When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities."

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"A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen."

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"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny."

"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

"No, it's funny, when I eat out it's not typically in the kind of restaurants people might imagine."

"It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it."

"A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow."

"If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to."

Explore more quotes by Matt Groening

"The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television."

"Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to."

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."

"When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time."

"Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before."

"When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities."

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"A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen."