Fred Allen Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Television is the triumph of machine over people.”

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

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