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"Step up and shake the hand Of someone you cant stand, You can tolerate him if you try!"
"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, Its American as apple pie."

Thomas Andrew Lehrer was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy, humorous, and often political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs parodied popular musical forms, often with original melodies.
Thomas Andrew Lehrer was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy, humorous, and often political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs parodied popular musical forms, often with original melodies.
View all quotes by Tom Lehrer"Step up and shake the hand Of someone you cant stand, You can tolerate him if you try!"
"What is it that put America in the forefront of the nuclear nations? And what is it that will make it possible to spend twenty billion dollars of your money to put some clown on the moon? Well, it was good old American know how, thats what, as provided by good old Americans like Dr. Wernher von Braun!"
"I really dont consider myself a performer by temperament."
"People are stupider than anybody."
"The best musical satirist of the 20th Century."
"Take your cigarette from its holder, And burn your initials in my shoulder. Fracture my spine, And swear that youre mine, As we dance to the Masochism Tango."