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

Quote by Fred Allen

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I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the...

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

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...

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

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

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what...

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what...

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...

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...

The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.

The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

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...

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

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.

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually...

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

When you imitate, make sure you don't hate.

When you imitate, make sure you don't hate.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.