If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind,… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time I start… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple of years. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
We were against the war in Vietnam and for voter registration and social issues. Everybody has their choices, and the obligation of a comedian… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even want to… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that 'Mom always liked you best.'… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
