Quote by Fred Allen
Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk ab

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host. – Fred Allen

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A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. – Fred Allen

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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. – Fred Allen

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Age
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I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap. – Fred Allen

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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. – George Santayana, "War Shrines," Soliloquies in England and Later Solilo

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