Tom Lehrer Quotes

I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.

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• For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.

  

  Lactantius
  • Live
  • Speak
  • Living

• I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.

  

  Barney Frank
  • People
  • Proud
  • Equality

• When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Growing
  • Politics
  • Identity

• While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Important
  • First
  • Gun

• It's a bit weird, because I don't really know what people expect or think being political is; I just don't get it. What am I supposed to do as a pop star-stroke-revolutionary? Get up and put my balaclava on, go to the grocery store and then invent some Google viruses, and then go to rob a bank to fund my revolution on YouTube?

  

  M.I.A.
  • People
  • Up
  • Political

• When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.

  

  Park Bo-gum
  • Like
  • Just
  • Camera

• Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Help

• I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • People
  • Truth
  • Problem

• I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Think
  • Me
  • Player

• Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Women
  • Live
  • Internet

• Be as transparent as you can in your trade. The big thing in life is trust.

  

  T. S. Kalyanaraman
  • Life
  • You
  • Trust

• We're just a bubble in a boiling pot.

  

  Galveston Giant
  • Just
  • Pot
  • Bubble

• Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons.

  

  Zahi Hawass
  • Important
  • Most
  • Statue

• Before, boxing was something that I did. Now, boxing is who I am.

  Mandy Bujold
  • Boxing

• I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • People
  • Women
  • Amazing

• Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • People
  • Work
  • May

• I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out.

  

  Natalie Jeremijenko
  • Politics
  • Information
  • Ideal

• What, without asking, hither hurried Whence? And, without asking, Whither hurried hence! Oh, many a Cup of this forbidden Wine Must drown the memory of that insolence!

  

  Omar Khayyam
  • Wine

• I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.

  

  Benmont Tench Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Life
  • Good
  • Petty

• I long to play a judge. I long to play a lesbian woman. I long to play a councilman, someone with some chutzpah.

  

  Lupe Ontiveros
  • Long
  • Judge
  • Lesbian

• I'm never going to be a woman who doesn't work.

  

  Jessica Simpson
  • Work

• If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

  

  John Madden
  • Work
  • Guy

• We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.'

  

  Charlie Gonzalez
  • Job
  • History
  • Single

• I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.

  

  Tom Lehrer
  • Proud
  • Example
  • Literacy