What did Fred Allen mean by: After quitting radio I was able to live on the money I saved on aspirins. Fred Allen Comedian · USA Copy
+ Television is the triumph of machine over people. Author, July 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Control, Society, Technology, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Legacy, Longevity, Talent, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Exploration, Perspective, Travel, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
If the grass is greener in the other fellow’s yard- let him worry about cutting it. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Contentment, Jealousy, Responsibility, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Imitation, Sincerity, Television, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ I don’t want to own anything that won’t fit into my coffin. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Materialism, Mortality, Possessions, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
+ A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it. Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Fred Allen, Essence, Identity, Storytelling, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
A gentleman is any man who wouldn’t hit a woman with his hat on. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Fred Allen, Chivalry, Respect, Violence, 0 Fred Allen Comedian · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France