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Quotes by Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
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I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
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Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
More quotes about: people, television
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A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
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After quitting radio I was able to live on the money I saved on aspirins.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
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A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
More quotes about: decisions, people
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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 (1894 - 1956)
 
More quotes about: celebrity, darkness, life
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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 (1894 - 1956)
 
More quotes about: acting, life, popularity, success
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Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
 
More quotes about: church, failure
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