The Simpsons (TV Series)

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (1991)

Danny DeVito: Herb Powell

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Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• Herb : [Holding baby Maggie]  Homer, you're the richest man I know.

  Homer : I feel the same way about you.

• Herb : I want you to help me design a car; a car for all the Homer Simpsons out there. And I want to pay you two-hundred thousand dollars a year!

  Homer : And I wanna let you!

• Herb : People don't want cars named after hungry old Greek broads!

• Herb : What's the sticker price?

  [an aide whispers in his ear] 

  Herb : $82,000? This monstrosity costs $82,000? What have I done?

  [collapses on the stage] 

  Herb : I mean, the zoo was fun, but... I'm ruined!

• 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!