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Alas, irreverence has been subsumed by mere grossness, at least in the so-called mass media. What we have now - to quote myself at my most pretentious - is a nimiety of scurrility with a concomitant exiguity of taste.

Tom Lehrer's Popular Quotes

When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.

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Always predict the worst, and you'll be hailed as a prophet.

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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 b…

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You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

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

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I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

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Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.

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Irreverence is easy - whats hard is wit.

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I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

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