"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."
- Tom Lehrer
"I don’t think this kind of thing [satire] has an impact on the unconverted, frankly. It’s not even preaching to the converted; it’s titillating the converted. I think the people who say we need satire..."
"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."
"I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics:Plagiarize!Plagiarize!Let no one else's work evade your eyes!Remember why the good ..."
"It's a sobering thought: When Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years."
"I know that thete are people who do not love their fellow man and I hate people like that!"
"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years."