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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

When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex. — Tom Lehrer

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid. — Jim Lehrer

Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody hates the Jews. — Tom Lehrer

I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties. — Jim Lehrer

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here — Tom Lehrer

In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on. — Jonah Lehrer

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand. — Tom Lehrer

When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art. — Jonah Lehrer

If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story. — Jim Lehrer

When correctly viewed, everything is lewd. — Tom Lehrer

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music. — Jonah Lehrer

There is a presence in what is missing. That presence is our own. — Jonah Lehrer

If you asked me to write a rock song or a rap song, I couldn't do it because they're not in my fingers. — Tom Lehrer

Love is just another name for what never gets old. — Jonah Lehrer

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it. — Jim Lehrer

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year. — Tom Lehrer

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four. — Jim Lehrer

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat. — Jim Lehrer

I think the people who say we need satire often mean, 'We need satire of them, not of us. — Tom Lehrer

Any real Bob Dylan fan would sleep with Jonah Lehrer. — Bob Dylan

We see them most when we are o nnthe outside looking in — Jonah Lehrer

We are the folk song army, every one of us cares. We all hate poverty, war, and injustice unlike the rest of you squares. — Tom Lehrer

You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover. — Bob Dylan

The world is more random than we can imagine. That's what our emotions can't understand. — Jonah Lehrer

And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail for. — Tom Lehrer

Everything is so weird in politics that it's very hard to be funny about it, I think. — Tom Lehrer

I loved high school, but I wouldn't want to do it again. — Tom Lehrer

The inconsistency of genius is a consistent theme of creativity. — Jonah Lehrer

You know more than you know. — Jonah Lehrer

Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories. — Jonah Lehrer

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit. — Jonah Lehrer

If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will. — Tom Lehrer

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

Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It's almost like magic. — Jonah Lehrer

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.' — Tom Lehrer

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

...Prions violate most of biology's sacred rules. They are one of those annoying reminders of how much we don't know. — Jonah Lehrer

The poor folks hate the rich folks, and the rich folks hate the poor folks. All of my folks hate all of your folks, it's American as apple pie. — Tom Lehrer

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. — Jim Lehrer

Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. — Tom Lehrer

There's always a germ of truth in just about everything. — Jim Lehrer

I don't have the temperament of a performer, and I certainly couldn't do it every night. — Tom Lehrer

There is no exit from the circle of one's beliefs. — Keith Lehrer

Well, you ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer. — Tom Lehrer

The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb. — Tom Lehrer

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer

I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example. — Tom Lehrer

Money chases good ideas — Jonah Lehrer

Mr. Lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste. — The New York Times

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out. — Jim Lehrer

For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this world than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly a half a ton of angry pot roast! — Tom Lehrer

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted. — Jonah Lehrer

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis. — Jim Lehrer

To have a style is to be stuck. — Jonah Lehrer

Creativity is a catchall term for a variety of distinct thought processes. — Jonah Lehrer

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men. — Jim Lehrer

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do. — Jim Lehrer

And so we keep on thinking, because the next thought might be the answer. — Jonah Lehrer

Don't write naughty words on the wall if you can't spell! — Tom Lehrer

Life is like a sewer - you get out of it what you put into it. — Tom Lehrer

Design is the conscious imposition of meaningful order. — Jonah Lehrer

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh. — Tom Lehrer

The reason most folksongs are so atrocious is that they were written by the people. — Tom Lehrer

I'll be selling tickets for my next tour exclusively through Jonah Lehrer. Make sure to pay cash. — Bob Dylan

I'm not in the being-annoyed business. — Jim Lehrer

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

Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true. — Jonah Lehrer

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

My conscience is clear. — Jim Lehrer

I started as a print reporter. — Jim Lehrer

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. — Jim Lehrer

You can raise welts like nobody else, as we dance to the Masochism Tango. — Tom Lehrer

I have always found it interesting ... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery. — Tom Lehrer

Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. — Jonah Lehrer

Bad weather always looks worse through a window. — Tom Lehrer

Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things! — Tom Lehrer

Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories. — Jim Lehrer

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. — Jim Lehrer

Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12. — Jim Lehrer

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers. — Jim Lehrer

People would go anywhere to see a famous person in the flesh, no matter what they do. — Tom Lehrer

So long, Mom I'm off to drop the bomb So don't wait up for me But while you swelter Down there in your shelter You can see me On your TV — Tom Lehrer

The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services. — Jim Lehrer

I'm a journalist and that's what I do. — Jim Lehrer

Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price. — Tom Lehrer

The best way to solve a problem? Try explaining it to somebody outside your field. — Jonah Lehrer

People are stupider than anybody. — Tom Lehrer

Be it ever so decadent, there's no place like home. — Tom Lehrer

In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do. — Jim Lehrer

Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill. — Jonah Lehrer

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism. — Jim Lehrer

There are very few really stark black and white stories. — Jim Lehrer

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse. — Jim Lehrer

The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story. — Jim Lehrer

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates. — Jim Lehrer

In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it ... research. — Tom Lehrer

But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer. — Tom Lehrer

I wasn't really a performer by temperament. — Tom Lehrer

When I was in college, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl. Now you can say them, but you can't say 'girl.' — Tom Lehrer