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> [It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/it-s-not-our-fault-our-generation-has-short-attention-spans-dad-we/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

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## More by Yeardley Smith

> [Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/romance-is-dead-it-was-acquired-in-a-hostile-takeover-by-hallmark-and/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/a-man-who-envies-our-family-is-a-man-who-needs-help/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/it-s-not-our-fault-our-generation-has-short-attention-spans-dad-we/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/is-your-remarkably-sexist-drivel-intentional-or-just-some-horrible/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Do you know what it's like to be the kind of girl that boys never talk to and then suddenly, a boy talks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/do-you-know-what-it-s-like-to-be-the-kind-of-girl-that-boys-never/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food, but I can still ruin soft drinks for everyone!.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/science-has-already-proven-the-dangers-of-smoking-alcohol-and-chinese/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/you-can-t-create-a-monster-then-whine-when-it-stomps-on-a-few/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Being myself didn't work. Being someone else didn't work. Maybe I just wasn't meant to have friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/being-myself-didn-t-work-being-someone-else-didn-t-work-maybe-i-just/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/everybody-sort-of-questioned-why-we-get-married-on-new-year-s-day-and/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

> [Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeardley-smith/oh-no-the-dead-have-risen-and-they-re-voting-republican/)

[Yeardley Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeardley-smith/)

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