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Tom Lehrer

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I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.


— Tom Lehrer


#i #i wish #just #people #shut

If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.


— Tom Lehrer


#politics #science #song #inspirational

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?


— Tom Lehrer


#did #enjoy #how #lincoln #mrs

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.


— Tom Lehrer


#ego #her #lose #must #never

On my income tax 1040 it says "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.


— Tom Lehrer


#away #blind #box #check #i

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.


— Tom Lehrer


#been #dead #had #mozart #sobering

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.


— Tom Lehrer


#be prepared #careful #deeds #good #good deeds

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.


— Tom Lehrer


#analysis #anticipating #comes #company #final

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your .


— Tom Lehrer


#decimal #just #like #use #you

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.


— Tom Lehrer


#bad #bad weather #looks #through #weather






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Mathematical publications
The American Mathematical Society database lists Lehrer as co-author of two papers:
RE Fagen & TA Lehrer "Random walks with restraining barrier as applied to the biased binary counter" Journal of the Society for Industrial Applied Mathematics vol. The album liner notes (and Lehrer himself in one routine) promote Tom Lehrer's songs using reverse psychology by deliberately quoting his negative reviews. The June 8 show was his only performance to date before Queen Elizabeth II.

S. Thomas Andrew Lehrer (born April 9 1928) is an American singer-songwriter satirist pianist and mathematician. In the early 1970s he retired from public performances to devote his time to teaching mathematics and music theatre at the University of California Santa Cruz.

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