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“Don't say that he's hypocritical,
Say rather that he's apolitical.
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.”

Tom Lehrer

"Wernher Von Braun"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

“I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!
Plagiarize,
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes,
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize…
Only be sure always to call it please "research."”

Tom Lehrer

"Lobachevsky"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Secret , Mathematics , Success , Forgetting

“In all probability
I'll lose my virility
And you your fertility
And desirability,
And this liability
Of total sterility
Will lead to hostility
And a sense of futility,
So let's act with agility
While we still have facility,
For we'll soon reach senility
And lose the ability.”

Tom Lehrer

When You Are Old And Grey
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Hostility , Sense

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Tom Lehrer

On the awarding of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger, and Lê Ðức Thọ; one of his most quoted quips, it is often mentioned in articles and interviews, including "Stop clapping, this is serious" in Sydney Morning Herald (1 March 2003) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407753895.html

Peace

“All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.”

Tom Lehrer

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

World , Spring

“I recall this sergeant's informing me and my "room-mates" of this rather deplorable fact the army didn't have any official, excuse me, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this in our copious free time.”

Tom Lehrer

Introduction to "It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Time

“Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife. Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life. Oooh.”

Tom Lehrer

"Bright College Days"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Life , World

“But don't panic. Base eight is just like base ten really — if you're missing two fingers.”

Tom Lehrer

"New Math"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

“We will all go together when we go
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo
When the air becomes uraneous
We will all go simultaneous
Oh, we all will go together when we go.”

Tom Lehrer

"We Will All Go Together When We Go"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

“If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind,
And you come across a Girl Scout who is similarly inclined,
Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared. Be prepared!”

Tom Lehrer

"Be Prepared"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Girl , Scouting

“People are stupider than anybody.”

Tom Lehrer

AV Club interview (2000)

People , Stupidity

“You know, of all the songs I have ever sung, that is the one I've had the most requests not to.”

Tom Lehrer

Afterword to "I Hold Your Hand In Mine"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

“His rivals used to say quite a bit
That as a monarch he was most unfit.
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother.”

Tom Lehrer

"Oedipus Rex"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Love

“Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the Moslems,
And everybody hates the Jews.”

Tom Lehrer

"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

Hate

“There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex,
You may have heard about his odd complex.
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother.”

Tom Lehrer

"Oedipus Rex"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Love , Appearance

“Step up and shake the hand
Of someone you can't stand,
You can tolerate him if you try!”

Tom Lehrer

"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

“I'm sure we all agree that we ought to love one another and I know there are people in the world that do not love their fellow human beings and I hate people like that”

Tom Lehrer

Introduction to "National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

Love , Hate , People , World

“I think the people who say we need satire often mean, "We need satire of them, not of us."”

Tom Lehrer

AV Club interview (2000)

People , Thinking

“When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
My pulse will be quickenin',
With each drop of strych-a-nine,
We feed to a pigeon
it just takes a smidgen
To poison a pigeon in the park.”

Tom Lehrer

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)

“Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks,
It's American as apple pie.”

Tom Lehrer

"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

Hate