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

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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...

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...

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 triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

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...

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

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...

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the...

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the...

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...

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the...

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the...

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

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...

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just...

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

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.