Author: Tom Lehrer

Quotes

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

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

- Tom Lehrer

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

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

- Tom Lehrer

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

- Tom Lehrer

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

- Tom Lehrer

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

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

- Tom Lehrer

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

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

- Tom Lehrer

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

- Tom Lehrer

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.

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.

- Tom Lehrer

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.

- Tom Lehrer

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