The Simpsons (TV Series)
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (1991)
Danny DeVito: Herb Powell
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Quotes
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Herb : [on phone] Okay, this is what you're gonna do. You're gonna hang up, call me back, and say the exact opposite of everything you just said. Goodbye.
[hangs up]
Herb : Bart, Lisa, come over here.
Lisa Simpson : What is it, Unkie Herb?
Herb : I want you to hear what the guys down at the plant think of your old man.
[phone rings]
Herb : Hello?
Engineer : Um, Homer Simpson is a... brilliant man with lots of well thought-out, practical, ideas. He is insuring the financial security of this company for years to come. Oh yes, and his personal hygiene is above reproach.
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Homer : Gee, Herb, because of me, you lost your business, your home and all your possessions. I can't help but think that maybe you'd have been better off if I'd never come into your life.
Herb : Maybe I would have been better off? Maybe? Why, you spongehead! Of course I'd have been better off! As far as I'm concerned, I have no brother!
[the bus door closes and takes Herb away]
Marge Simpson : Hmm. Maybe he just said that to make conversation.
Lisa Simpson : His life was an unbridled success until he found out... he was a Simpson.
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Herb : People don't want cars named after hungry old Greek broads!
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Herb Powell : Here's what you do. From now on, before you say anything, say to yourself, 'If I was ever sure of anything, I'm sure of this.' Do you understand?
Homer Simpson : Sort of.
Herb Powell : Homer!
Homer Simpson : What?
Herb Powell : Answer me again with self-confidence.
Homer Simpson : [shouts] Sort of!