Fred Allen Quotes

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

Fred Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 31, 1894 - March 17, 1956

Topics

MenDoneGroupNothingCommittee

Doing a truncated series is like doing a long movie, which allows for a certain artistic freedom. After just 12 episodes, you can take a breather and do other things for your career.

Jimmy Smits

FreedomDoingLongYouCareerTake

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

Jo Brand

LifeI AmThinkYouPersonWrite

When you reach my age, you understand that you are a player with skin in the game, no matter what game it is.

Jerry Weintraub

AgeGameReachYouSkinUnderstand

I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

Meghan Markle

BusinessEndUpShow BusinessShow

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Stephen Leacock

GoodCourageRideHorseFortyTake

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs.

Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

LeadershipTrustKingPeopleKingdom

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

Sitting Bull

GoodSorryIntentionsOutYourVery

To outsource your memory to machines - which is what many of us do with regard to our use of search engines - seems to me to be fairly antithetical to the basic qualities of Jewish life that have kept the Jews alive for so long.

Joshua Cohen

LifeMemoryMeSearchLongAlive

I've always been pretty serious and introspective.

Donny Most

SeriousAlwaysPrettyBeen

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

David Viscott

LifeReadingEmptyUpEntertaining

I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin - and it took a lot of praying to discover this - that this was probably what God had called me to do: to marry him.

Coretta Scott King

GodMeKnowHimAlwaysSomething

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

Brene Brown

PeopleMeIdeasCriticismOwnership

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