Fred Allen

Fred Allen Quotes and Sayings


Fred Allen US radio comedian (1894 - 1956)

California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange. ~Fred Allen

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. ~Fred Allen

Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. ~Fred Allen

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. ~Fred Allen

[Television is] the triumph of machine over people. ~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