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