Tom Lehrer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”

“It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.”

“I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.”

“Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.”

“If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or, perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.”

“In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'”

“There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections.”

“Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your .”

“I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel.”

“I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them.”