Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehreris an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and '60s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth9 April 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
fewest knew studied
I thought about majoring in Math, Chemistry and English, but Math had the fewest requirements, so I went with it. I knew I wanted to teach, and Math was my field, so I studied Math.
answer rather understand understanding
In the new approach, as you know, the important thing is to understand what you are doing rather than to get the right answer
rainy-day weather looks
Bad weather always looks worse through a window.
positive-thinking life-is-like trying
Life is like a sewer what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal brouhaha.
prophet worst
Always predict the worst, and you'll be hailed as a prophet.
humorous angel heard
Angels we have heard on High Tell us to go out and Buy.
temperament performers
I wasn't really a performer by temperament,
hood ifs
If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.
thumbs use counting
Counting in octal is just likst counting in decimal--if you don't use your thumbs.
rockets who-cares care
Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
hippie air water
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!
bombs politics shepherds
The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.
maturity trying bypass
I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.
offensive satirical cant
You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.