Fred Allen Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

23 Famous Quotes by Fred Allen
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“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”
Imitation Quotes
“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised.”
Fame Quotes
“After quitting radio I was able to live on the money I saved on aspirins.”
Quitting Quotes
“A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide nothing can be done.”
Inspirational Quotes
“When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the genuine tinsel underneath.”
Inspirational Quotes
“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”
Inspirational Quotes
“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.”
Inspirational Quotes
“I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.”
Advertising Quotes
“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”
Existence Quotes
“If you took all the sincerity in Hollywood and put it in the navel of a fruit fly, you'd still have room for three carraway seeds and a producer's heart. -Fred Allen.”
Heart-quotes Quotes
“All television is children's television.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Where were you fellows when the paper was blank?”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.”
Miscellaneous Quotes