Quotes by Tom Smothers - Page 1

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.
Tom Smothers /
Show Business
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The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.
Tom Smothers /
Censorship
Ultimate
Dial
Flick
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Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you!
Tom Smothers /
Meat
Red
Red Meat
Now
Bad
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The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.
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Censorship
Ideas
People
Only
Listen
Right
Valid
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When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.
Tom Smothers /
Finished
Hard
Talking
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If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring.
Tom Smothers /
Ahead
Behind
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They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.
Tom Smothers /
First Amendment
Ought
Amendment
Says
Shall
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We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.
Tom Smothers /
Chic
Embarrassed
Jane
Political Parties
Radical
Belonged
Fonda
Jane Fonda
Parties
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No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple of years.
Tom Smothers /
Comedian
Thinks
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Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even want to talk about her.
Tom Smothers /
Passing
Sudden
Talked
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I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.
Tom Smothers /
Breakdown
Couple
Nervous
Nervous Breakdown
Work Out
Work Mind Me
Tried
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It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.
Tom Smothers /
Ignorance
Scary
Silent
Attainable
War Peace Me
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Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.
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Freedom Of Expression
Heard
Speaking
Unless
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Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time I start to get that edgy thing, I get kind of mean.
Tom Smothers /
Bill
Carlin
Edge
George
Gosh
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We were against the war in Vietnam and for voter registration and social issues. Everybody has their choices, and the obligation of a comedian is first to entertain. And if you're so inclined, and you have some bigger thought, make sure you express it, because that's a gift.
Tom Smothers /
Bigger
Choices
Comedian
Obligation
Registration
Social
Social Issues
Vietnam
Sure
Entertain
Express
Inclined
Voter
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So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that 'Mom always liked you best.' We're the universal, uh, feeling that every child, every sibling has had somewhere along the line. Or, 'Who did she like best?' And that became kind of a little mantra.
Tom Smothers /
Sibling
Brothers
Enduring
Mantra
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