Tom Lehrer Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“One of the things I'm proudest of is, on my record 'That Was the Year that Was' in 1965, I made a joke about spending $20 billion sending some clown to the moon. I was against the manned space program then, and I'm even more against it now, that whole waste of money.”

“Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.”

“You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.”

“I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.”

“An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.”

“Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.”

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.”

“I wasn't really a performer by temperament.”

“When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.”

“My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun.”