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Tom Lehrer Quotes

American - Musician | April 9, 1928 -

The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

Color American Army Discrimination

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.

Friendship Money Fun People Free

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of those songs, in the musical style of the songs themselves; love songs, folk songs, marches, football.

Love Time Style Football Fun Songs

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

People Interesting Flattery Always

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

You Offensive Somebody Satirical

If a person feels he can't communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it.

Person Shut Up Up Shut Communicate

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.

Money Space Moon Year Now More

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

Girl Words Youth You Now Say

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

Peace Political Satire Prize Henry

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

Age Year Dead Been He Sobering

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

Maturity Trying Adolescence Bypass

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.

People Me Writing Night Reading Up

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