Best Quotes by Tom Lehrer (Top 10)

  1. Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.
  2. I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
  3. Bad weather always looks worse through a window.
  4. I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.
  5. On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.
  6. It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
  7. 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.
  8. I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.
  9. It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."
  10. 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.

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