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From the British Royal Family to the Simpsons, we've always loved kooky families. Click on any family quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."Source: Still I Rise | Author: Maya Angelou

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"Source: Little Women | Author: Louisa May Alcott

"Darlin' it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me!"Source: Under the Sea | Speaker: Sebastian the Crab

"Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: Zuzu Bailey

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."Source: National Lampoon's Animal House | Speaker: Dean Vernon Wormer

"Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife."Source: Gladiator | Speaker: Maximus Decimus Meridius

"Hi, my name is George. I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents."Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: George Costanza

"I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George."Source: Of Mice and Men | Author: John Steinbeck

"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics."Source: Manhattan | Speaker: Isaac Davis

"I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters—two beautiful, intelligent, Black young women—playing with their dogs on the White House lawn."Source: 2016 Democratic National Convention Speech | Speaker: Michelle Obama

"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."Source: Raising Arizona | Speaker: H.I. McDunnough

"I'm Larry, this is my brother, Darryl, and this is my other brother, Darryl."Source: Newheart | Speaker: Larry

"If the world would stop indulging wars and famines and other perils, it would be possible for human beings to embarrass each other to death."Source: The Hotel New Hampshire | Author: John Irving

"If you're a prince, there's hope for every ape in Africa."Source: The Lion in Winter | Speaker: Prince Geoffrey

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."Source: Arsenic and Old Lace | Speaker: Mortimer Brewster

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Author: J. K. Rowling

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"Source: The Godfather: Part III | Speaker: Michael Corleone

"Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try."Source: The Simpsons | Speaker: Homer Simpson

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."Source: Forrest Gump | Speaker: Forrest Gump

"Life is pain. Anybody that says different is selling something."Source: The Princess Bride | Author: William Goldman

"Of course he has a knife. He always has a knife."Source: The Lion in Winter | Speaker: Eleanor of Aquitaine

"Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young."Source: Mildred Pierce | Speaker: Ida Corwin

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"Source: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night | Author: Dylan Thomas

"Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me."Source: The Godfather | Speaker: Don Vito Corleone

"This thing called love, I just can't handle it."Source: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Speaker: Queen

"What family doesn't have its ups and downs?"Source: The Lion in Winter | Speaker: Katharine Hepburn

"You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything."Source: "Building a Dream" in Oprah Magazine | Speaker: Oprah Winfrey