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

Quote by Fred Allen

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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...

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...

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

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.

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.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy...

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

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

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...

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,...

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work...

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work...