Richard M. Sherman

Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024) was a songwriter and lyricist who was (along with his late brother, lyricist Robert B. Sherman) responsible for creating the word, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

Quotes

 * Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
 * From Mary Poppins, 1964
 * Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.
 * Mrs. Banks as a Suffragette in Mary Poppins, 1964; cited in: Eric Grzymkowski (2011), The Quotable A**hole: More than 1,200 Bitter Barbs, Cutting Comments, and Caustic Comebacks for Aspiring and Armchair A**holes Alike. p. 190