"The first thing that strikes a visitor to…" — Fred Allen
"The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi."
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93 Quotes by Fred Allen
Fred Allen has 93 quotes on this site.
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My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
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An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.
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It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners…
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Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of six strange men whose only…
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange.
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The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
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I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition…
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The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.
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An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
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What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement.
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
— Aristotle
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
— Paul Auster
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
— Jane Austen
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.…
— Michelle Bachelet
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
— David Bailey
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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need…
— Cleveland Abbe
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
— Alec Baldwin
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