Fred Allen Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

  Fred Allen

  Graduation, Education, Laughter

• An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

  Fred Allen

  Business, Agency, Confusion

• Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Television is the triumph of machine over people.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, People

• I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Death, Humor

• Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, Long

  "The guy who brought The Beatles to America" by Bob Greene, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2014.

• I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.

  Fred Allen

  Inspirational, Memories, Names

• 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.

  Fred Allen

  Life, Success, Congratulations

  Fred Allen (2008). “Much Ado About Me”, p.215, Wildside Press LLC

• A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Men, Gentleman

• I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, Play

• 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

  Funny, Humor, Agency

• We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

  Fred Allen

  Historical, Competition, Comedian

  Fred Allen (2016). “Treadmill to Oblivion”, p.179, Pickle Partners Publishing

• An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Art, Humor

• Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, Years

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