Tom Smothers

Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the…

— Tom Smothers

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out.…

— Tom Smothers

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary…

— Tom Smothers

Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time…

— Tom Smothers

We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.

— Tom Smothers

If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring.

— Tom Smothers

No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple…

— Tom Smothers

They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.

— Tom Smothers

We were against the war in Vietnam and for voter registration and social issues. Everybody has their choices, and the obligation of…

— Tom Smothers

Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even…

— Tom Smothers

So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that 'Mom always liked…

— Tom Smothers

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

— Tom Smothers