Fred Allen citáty

„Pozbierajte všetku úprimnosť, ktorú v Hollywoode nájdete, položte ju na pupok vínnej mušky a vždy tam ešte zostane dostatok miesta pre tri rasce a producentovo srdce.“

—  Fred Allen

„Gentleman je muž, ktorý nedrie ženu bez toho, aby predtým nesňal klobúk.“

—  Fred Allen

„Slávna osobnosť je človek, ktorý ťažko pracuje celý život, aby sa stal slávnym, a potom nosí tmavé okuliare, aby sa vyhol tomu, že by ho spoznal.“

—  Fred Allen

„Konferencia je zhromaždenie dôležitých ľudí, ktorí osve nemôžu nič spraviť, ale spolu môžu rozhodnúť, že sa nič nedá robiť.“

—  Fred Allen

„Žijeme iba raz. Ale ak žijeme dobre, stačí to.“

—  Fred Allen

„Kalifornia je krásne miesto pre život - ak ste náhodou pomaranč.“

—  Fred Allen

„Koktailový večierok: Stretnutie usporiadané nato, aby štyridsať ľudí malo možnosť súčasne rozprávať o sebe. Muž, ktorý zostane potom, keď sa minul alkohol, je hostiteľ.“

—  Fred Allen

„Imitation is the sincerest form of television.“

—  Fred Allen

Attributed in Newsweek, 14 January 1980.

„A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it.“

—  Fred Allen

„I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.“

—  Fred Allen

„California's a wonderful place to live - if you happen to be an orange.“

—  Fred Allen

Reported in Steven D. Price, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About California (2007), p. viii.

„A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized“

—  Fred Allen

Treadmill to Oblivion.

„I'm a little hoarse tonight. I've been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines.“

—  Fred Allen

Much Ado About Me (1956).

„I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.“

—  Fred Allen

Letter to Groucho Marx.

„A good comedian can say things funny and other guys just say funny things.“

—  Fred Allen

Attributed by Robert Lemke in The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY), “Rock ‘n Roll ‘Musically Horrid” Says Ex-2-a-Dayer,” pg. 2-C, col. 1 (9 August 1959)

„Sullivan will be successful as long as other people have talent.“

—  Fred Allen

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968) by Michael David Harris; reproduced in "Sunday Marks Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary on TV," https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82860831/ The San Antonio Express (June 16, 1968), p. 117

„What does Sullivan do? He points at people. Rub meat on actors and dogs will do the same thing.“

—  Fred Allen

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968)

„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 even before lunch.“

—  Fred Allen

Treadmill to Oblivion http://books.google.com/books?id=8IC6ZSGPAAYC&q="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+even+before+lunch"&pg=PA27#v=onepage (1954).

„All the sincerity in Hollywood you could stuff in a flea's navel and still have room left to conceal eight caraway seeds and an agent's heart.“

—  Fred Allen

From a lost letter to Kenny Delmar quoted in Earl Wilson's syndicated column (May 1959).