Famously Said Random quote

People/Tom Lehrer/Quote

Tom Lehrer1928–2025

I’ve occasionally heard that I was kicked out of Harvard for being a Communist, for dealing drugs, for corrupting minors, or for diverse other infractions of local decorum. Unfortunately, none of these rumors are true. The one I’ve heard more often is that I am dead. That one I encouraged, hoping it would cut down on the junk mail. It didn’t.

Tom Lehrer on comedy

More from Tom Lehrer

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
On the awarding of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger, and Lê Ðức Thọ
- Humor
- Politics
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.
That Was the Year That Was (1965), Introduction to “National Brotherhood Week”
- Comedy
- Love
I’d like to take you now, on wings of song as it were, and try and help you forget for a while your drab, wretched lives.
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)
- Comedy

All 4 quotes from Tom Lehrer

More about comedy

All 1,001 quotes about comedy