"I wasn't really a performer by temperament," — Tom Lehrer

"I wasn't really a performer by temperament,"

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68 Quotes by Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the…
If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then…
Base eight is just like base ten really, if you're missing two fingers.
Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to…
In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'
You can make fun with Saddam Hussein jokes ... but you can't make fun of, say, the concentration camps. I…
Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody…
If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps…
But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the…
In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it…
Well, you ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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