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

Quote by Fred Allen

Topics: Television Quotes

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

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

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

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

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

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

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is...

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

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

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

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer...

The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...