16 Quotes by Tom Smothers

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.

We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.

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.

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.

Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you!

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.