I'm an American, I don't have to see something to know it's stupid!

- Tommy Smothers

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little soap boxes.

- Tommy Smothers

I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their music, comedy,…

- Tommy Smothers

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.

- Tommy Smothers

Professor Irwin Corey had some of the best timing in the world, and that is something you can't steal. He talked nonsense, not punch-lines, per se. I…

- Tommy Smothers

There's one word that exists in every language on the face of the Earth and in every society since man began to speak. And the word is truth. And in …

- Tommy Smothers

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

- Tommy Smothers

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.

- Tommy Smothers

Red meat is not really bad for a person. Now, blue-green meat - that's damaging of you!

- Tommy Smothers