Fred Allen

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

Everywhere outside New York City is Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne - sounds like a trunk falling down a flight of stairs.

Fred Allen

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

Fred Allen

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

Fred Allen

A vice president in an advertising agency is a "molehill man" who has until 5 PM to make a molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.

Fred Allen