Tom Lehrer – 5 Quotes

5 Quotes by Tom Lehrer

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

– Tom Lehrer

When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.

– Tom Lehrer

My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that’s just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun.

– Tom Lehrer

Laughter is involuntary. If it’s funny you laugh.

– Tom Lehrer

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

– Tom Lehrer