Tom Lehrer Quotes

The audience usually has to be with you, I'm afraid. I always regarded myself as not even preaching to the converted, I was titillating the converted.

Tom Lehrer

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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.

Wallace Shawn
- Time
- Job
- Career
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.

Edgar Lee Masters
- Good
- Work
- Memorial
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

Ferdinand de Saussure
When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.

Irina Shayk
- Up
- She
- Best
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.

Gary Burton
- Great
- Emotional
- Jazz
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

Adam Hochschild
- Chance
- Note
- Seldom