Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

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

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals of the Catholic church; however, people took it wrongly.

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

Base eight is just like base ten really, if you're missing two fingers.