Lord Buckley/Quotes

It is the duty of the humor of any given nation in time of high crisis to attack the catastrophe that faces it in such a manner as to cause the people to laugh at it in such a way that they cannot die before they are killed.

—Lord Buckley, "H-Bomb", 1960.

Friends, Romans, Hipsters,
Let me clue you in;
I come to put down Caesar, not to groove him.
The square kicks some cats are on stay with them;
The hip bits, like, go down under; so let it lay with Caesar. The cool Brutus
Gave you the message: Caesar had big eyes;
If that's the sound, someone's copping a plea,
And, like, old Caesar really set them straight.
Here, copacetic with Brutus and the studs, -- for Brutus is a real cool cat;
So are they all, all cool cats, --
Come I to make this gig at Caesar's laying down.

—Lord Buckley

Your wig steers the gig.

—Lord Buckley

"I told you to stay cool, didn't I, babies? To the people who don't know, that means to believe. To stay cool is to be, to have, the sweet fragrance of serenity rock your wig."

—Lord Buckley

"...he was impractical as many of his profession are, but the vivid Buckley will long be remembered by all of us."

—Ed Sullivan

"There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time ago, he said, 'People: they're kinda like flowers, and it's been a privilege walking in your garden.' My love goes with you."

—Robin Williams, Reality... What a Concept (1979)