Tom Lehrer quotes:

On ageing: "It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years."

On performing: "It isn't as though I have to do this, you know, I could be making, oh, $3000 a year just teaching."

On his claimed Latin translation of The Wizard of Oz: "[it] remains even today the standard Latin version of that work..

If you get the chance, check out some of his music. He's hilarious. :)