Quotes of Fred Allen - somelinesforyou

“ A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. ”

- Fred Allen

“ You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Imitation is the sincerest form of television. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Television is a new medium. It's called a medium because nothing is well-done. ”

- Fred Allen

“ [Television is] the triumph of machine over people. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ”

- Fred Allen

“ The last time I saw him he was walking down lover’s lane holding his own hand. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you’ll end up in the police station. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you’ll end up in the police station. ”

- Fred Allen

“ A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ”

- Fred Allen

“ A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide nothing can be done. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ”

- Fred Allen

“ When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the genuine tinsel underneath. ”

- Fred Allen

“ You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ”

- Fred Allen

“ An actor's success has the life expectancy of a small boy about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match. ”

- Fred Allen

“ A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ”

- Fred Allen

“ I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making. ”

- Fred Allen

“ An actor's success has the life expectancy of a small boy about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match. ”

- Fred Allen

“ The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. ”

- Fred Allen

“ Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. ”

- Fred Allen

“ California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange. ”

- Fred Allen

“ California is a great place to live if you're an orange. ”

- Fred Allen
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