There was no burglar. I accidentally burned up the tree. And the presents. I'm really sorry.
LisaWhy you little-! [Runs over and starts strangling Bart]
Lisa, no! Your hands are too weak! [He strangles Bart]
A character in The Simpsons
Played by Yeardley Smith
The Simpsons · 3,477 quotes
4th most-quoted character in The Simpsons: in 585 of its 3,477 quotes
Most scenes with: Homer Simpson (249), Bart Simpson (248), Marge Simpson (169)
There was no burglar. I accidentally burned up the tree. And the presents. I'm really sorry.
LisaWhy you little-! [Runs over and starts strangling Bart]
Lisa, no! Your hands are too weak! [He strangles Bart]
Singing is the lowest form of communication.
Homer, you sing all the time.
No I don't, I hate to rhyme.
[singing]
LisaYou like musicals, don't you Dad?
No, I don't, I think they're bad
They're fake and phony and totally wrong
Wake up Dad, you're singing a song
I wouldn't, I couldn't, I hate that stuff
Now Homer, listen, I've had enough
In our family videos we have plainly seen
You're a singing, dancing, entertainment machine
Carnies took over our house, you've gotta help us!
Well well, look who it is, Mr. No Bribe. Sure, we'll help you, just sit down and wait for Detective Like I Give A Damn.
Thank you so much.
LisaUh, Dad...
Honey, daddy's waiting for the detective.
We can't just give up on our house. There's got to be a way to get these guys out of there.
I say we set fire to the house, kill them that way.
We don't want to kill them, we just want our home back!
LisaWell... if we did set fire to the house-
No fires!
I've got it!
No fires!
Aw!
There must be a way to outsmart them.
Uh, you can't outsmart carnival folk. They're the cleverest folks in the world. Just look at the way they sucker regular folk with those crooked games- That's it! Fire!
I've never heard of these Movementarians. Are they some kind of church?
Who cares what it is? The point is that these are some decent generous people that I can take advantage of.
But what if they try to talk us into something?
Marge, Marge, Marge. Remember when those smooth-talking guys tried to sell me a time-share vacation condo?
You bought four of them! Thank God the check bounced.
So I beat the system.
LisaWatch yourself, Dad. You're the highly suggestible type.
Yes, I am the highly suggestible type.
LisaIt's wonderful to think for ourselves again.
You said it, sister.
You are watching Fox.
We are watching Fox.
[Nelson is crushing Wendell's nose with chopsticks.]
Ow, I can't breathe! Please stop him!
I'd like to, but I'm afraid he has diplomatic immunity.
LisaPoint of order, if we want to learn anything, we must respect--
Point of "odor," Lisa stinks.
[children laugh]
Hey, leave her alone.
You leave her alone.
[children are all shouting at each other]
[singing] O, Canada
{Principal Skinner restores order by banging his shoe on the desk}
Order, order! Do you kids want to be like the real U.N., or do you just want to squabble and waste time?
This is all Lisa's fault! She had the idea of that stupid UN club!
LisaHey, Martin seconded the motion. It's entirely his fault.
People, people, let's not blame each other. We all know this is Milhouse's fault.
LisaAll we could find are these oozing berries, and they look pretty poisonous.
I eated the purple berries.
How are they, Ralph? Good?
[collapsing in pain] They taste like burning.
I finally got around to reading the dictionary...turns out the zebra did it.
[The crowd laughs]
I don't get it.
LisaDad, the zebra didn't do it, its just a word at the end of the dictionary.
I still don't get it.
LisaIt's just a joke.
Oooh! I get it! I get jokes. [Laughs]
Have you noticed how there are two phone books: a white one and a yellow one. What's the deal with that?
LisaOne's residential, the other is business.
Oh. Well, that makes sense. But what will they think of next? Blue Pages?
We have those. They're government listings.
LisaI'm strongly opposed to Proposition umm 3-3-0-5...
You're against discount bus fares for war widows?
LisaYou bet I am!
Lisa[on TV] I'm supposed to be talking to you today about Proposition 3305...
Moochin' war widows!
LisaWow. Dad was a good speller?
Oh, your dad used to be as smart as a monkey, then his mind started gettin' lazy and now he's as dumb as a chimp.
LisaGrampa!
Hey, I am too. And your brother's coming along nicely. Look at Bart's homework. Back when he was your age, he was as smart as a chimp. (opens up a box labeled "Bart". On top of a stack of homework is a paper of Bart's from the second grade, with a smiley face and the words "Great Work!" written next to it)
LisaThis is just two years ago!
That's right. Then the Simpson genes kicked in! (leafs through the paper like an animator's flip book. The smiley faces on the corners gradually turn into frowns and eventually, the skull and crossbones)
LisaWhat a whimsical building. Who says science can't be fun?
Me. I smell a museum.
Yeah, good things don't end with -eum, they end with -mania, or –teria. Will there be beer?
Homer SimpsonDan Castellaneta · 1,595 quotes
Bart SimpsonNancy Cartwright · 792 quotes
Marge SimpsonJulie Kavner · 677 quotes
MSMoe Szyslak164 quotes
Mr. BurnsHarry Shearer · 140 quotes
Ned FlandersHarry Shearer · 107 quotes
MVMilhouse Van Houten97 quotes
Krusty the ClownDan Castellaneta · 81 quotes
NMNelson Muntz79 quotes
WSWaylon Smithers73 quotes
Chief WiggumHank Azaria · 72 quotes
Principal SkinnerHarry Shearer · 66 quotes
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