50 Best Homer Simpson Quotes Of All Time

Literature

The Quote: “Books are useless! I only ever read one book, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the colour of his skin… but what good does that do me?”

Why We Love It: Homer’s unknowing irony on misleading literary titles is winning; most of all it’s funny, and comes with a giant helping of social commentary.

And he does have a point about the title.

Achievements

The Quote: “If something’s hard to do, then it’s not worth doing.”

Why We Love It: The antithesis of many revered maxims on hard work, it’s comforting to turn to this when faced with compiling Harvard-standard referencing for your PhD bibliography.

Substances

The Quote: “Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.”

Why We Love It: Who needs a simile when things are best compared to themselves?

Civic Duty

The Quote: “Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.”

Why We Love It: As is the case with a fair wodge of Homer’s aphorisms, this has a nugget of truth to it!

Computer Illiteracy

The Quote: “‘To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?”

Why We Love It: ...because we’ve all taken instructions too literally before.

Meeting Aliens

The Quote: “Oh my god, space aliens. Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!”

Why We Love It: An honest admission most folks would take to their deaths, Homer bypasses his conscience for a far funnier exchange with extraterrestrials.

Work Ethic

The Quote: “Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.”

Why We Love It: There’s no sugar coating of advice before it is dispensed to his offspring - his slacker nature is worn with pride akin to something acquired by actual hard graft. Hurrah for honesty!

The Lottery

The Quote: “Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.”

Why We Love It: Is this wry oxymoronic statement, delivered in earnest to his tearaway son, Bart, proof of Homer’s hidden intellectual side? No, probably not.

Classic Catchphrase

The Quote: “D’oh!”

Why We Love It: Homer’s classic go-to phrase captures his doltish nature perfectly, and is adopted for usage in most of his day-to-day activities.

Bonus point! An amusing utterance, D’oh grabbed ahold of popular culture and never lost its grip, going so far as to warrant entry into the OED in 2001.

Gem Seddon

Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.