Sam Simon Quotes

'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

Sam Simon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 6, 1955 - March 8, 2015

Topics

GodMoneyThoughtYearsBiggerLeft

If I could take you back in time to the fifties and walk you around to some of the places where I grew up, you'd be trying to get back in your time machine. It wasn't all sock hops - matter of fact, I never saw a sock hop.

Joe R. Lansdale

TimeWalkTryingYouBackMatter

I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

Joan Cusack

TimePeopleLuckThinkMatterOut

I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.

Maurice Gibb

BrotherVoicePhoneHimLineEven

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

John Updike

MarriageTeacherPeasantLearner

Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'

Sophie Turner

WorkBirthdayPeopleMeYouSaid

I should have just become a manager.

Drea De Matteo

ManagerBecomeJustShould

We have antiquated policies that were put in place in the 1970s that prohibit us from exporting our crude oil, yet we have allies around the globe asking the United States to provide them with a stable supply of energy.

Cory Gardner

EnergyPlaceOilUnitedUsAsking

I started a publishing company just so I could get the phone numbers of everyone that I'd ever admired.

Chris Roberson

PhoneNumbersCompanyEveryoneGet

I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.

Apollonius of Tyana

MenRichWealthSaidHowAnguish

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

Thomas Hardy

FamilyLiveI AmFaceFleshAm

I have three sons, and the oldest wants to play pirates all the time. It has all these associations of living some kind of very free life. It's interesting for me as a filmmaker to show a whole different side of that.

Tobias Lindholm

LifeTimeMeFreeInterestingPlay

There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there are quite a few people who like me because they know me. I'm not a bad guy by any means. I can't do anything about people hating me for no reason.

Richard Sherman

PeopleMeBadKnowReasonAnything

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