Awarded Quote by Tom Lehrer Download Open image “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.” — Tom Lehrer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awarded Became Henry Nobel Nobel peace prize Obsolete Peace Political Political satire Politics Prize Satire
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite,… — Alva Myrdal Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
Producing satire is kind of hopeless because of the literacy rate of the American public. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
There is the case of Henry Kissinger who was a known scholar who later became the National Security Advisor to President Nixon and later… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Plagiarize, plagiarize, / Let no man's work evade your eyes, / Remember why the good Lord made your eyes, / Don't shade your eyes,… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
When someone makes a move Of which we don't approve, Who is it that always intervenes? U.N. and O.A.S., They have their place, I… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky. In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Counting in octal is just likst counting in decimal--if you don't use your thumbs. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
San Francisco is a city of twenty-something millionaire white kids named Doug. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The era during which only governments could put hardware on the Moon is coming to an end. There are 26 private teams competing for… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
'To Kill a Mockingbird' appeared to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed to the top of bestseller lists, where it remained for more than… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I lettered in math. The only thing that was important was football. There were two other letters that… — David M. Kelley Copy Share Image
My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed away. And… — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
“I expect to be awarded the Nobel prize for researching what professional astronomers did not want researched.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe… — John G. D. Clark Copy Share Image
The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
