Andy Kaufman Quotes
I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.
Zehme, Bill. Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman. Delacorte Press, 1999.
In that era votes were taken be legislators dropping dried beans in different jars. The Ancient Greek word for “beans” was metaphorical for “politics.” Pythagoras advised the students at his academy and all others of means to avoid politics. He was concerned that politics would distract a person from more important activities such as philosophy, mathematics and science. Worse that the hypocrisy and compromises made in politics would corrupt honest, rational thinking.
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman was an American comedian, performance artist and wrestler. While often called a comedian, Kaufman preferred to describe himself instead as a "song and dance man". He has sometimes been called an "anti-comedian". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in a rare introspective interview, "I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. ... The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him... My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can."
