"We are living in the machine age. For……" — Fred Allen
"We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion."
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Fred Allen
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93 Quotes by Fred Allen
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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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