Fred Allen quotes
"A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized."
"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done."
"[Television is] the triumph of machine over people."
"Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars."
"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."
"Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making."
"Television is a medium because anything well done is rare."
"Do we really deserve top billing?"
"An income tax form is like a laundry list -- either way you lose your shirt."
"Imitation is the sincerest form of television."
