About Fred Allen
John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian. His absurdist, topically pointed radio program The Fred Allen Show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.
More quotations from Fred Allen
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.
California is a fine place to live—if you happen to be an orange.
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
More quotations tagged with “committees”
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee—that will do them in.
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
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Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.