Matt Groening Quotes

I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them. I was going to name the main character Matt, but I didn't think it would go over well in a pitch meeting, so I changed the name to Bart.

Matt Groening

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I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison.

Jhumpa Lahiri

MarriageYourselfParentsInteresting

It is a shame that homebrew development can't be officially sanctioned and supported, because it would be a wonderful platform for a modern generation of programmers to be able to get a real feel for low level design work, to be contrasted with the high level web and application work that so many entry level people start with.

John Carmack

WorkPeopleStartGenerationDesign

The JOBS Act is the 'topic of the moment.'

Jerry Moran

MomentActJobsTopic

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

John Major

DecisionMistakeNeverPolitician

Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.

Robert Rodriguez

ChildrenSupportWillAnythingThem

Dream food day, hmm - maybe a hamburger and fries, but honestly, it's not really a dream because I tend to eat what I want to for the most part.

Stella Maxwell

FoodDayDreamWantEatHamburger

I always think that period between the ages of 18 and 24 is such a bizarre stage, and the two people at either end are always very different.

Tom Sturridge

PeopleThinkEndTwo PeopleStage

If we can have record high unemployment, record job loss, and just an absolutely anemic economic recovery because of Obama's policies, and he's not blamed for it, what makes anybody think he's gonna get blamed when an insurance company starts doubling their premiums?

Rush Limbaugh

JobThinkLossInsuranceRecovery

Like most people, I can be very easily hurt.

Joyce Carol Oates

PeopleHurtI CanLikeMostVery

I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything.

Drew Barrymore

KnowMy OwnScaredAnythingOwn

Being on a show like 'Fear the Walking Dead,' I started to learn more about camera work, learn more about the way the crew operates, and had more of a stronger opinion on how I think a television director can operate in the healthiest way.

Colman Domingo

WorkFearOpinionThinkLearnWay

I think that most people would associate big schools of fish with healthy coral reefs. At Kingman, the predators keep the herd thin, so there aren't a lot of big fish schools.

Brian Skerry

PeopleThinkFishHealthyBigKeep

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