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Tom Smothers [1937-0] American

Rank: 102
Comedian

Thomas Bolyn Smothers III is an American comedian, composer and musician, best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

Freedom, Peace

Quote	Tags	Rank
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.	Freedom	101
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.		101
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.		102
When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.		102
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.		103
The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.		103
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.	Peace	104
Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you!		104
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.		105
If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring.		106
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.		107
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.		108
I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.		109
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.		110
We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.		111
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.		112

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