Quotes
Quotes - Allen
Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.
How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
If you took all the sincerity in Hollywood and put it in the navel of a fruit fly, you'd still have room for three carraway seeds and a producer's heart. -Fred Allen.
It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. . . I want to achieve it through not dying.
Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and evermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills-He thinks in secret and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass. As A Man Thinketh .
It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel. (on focus).
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide nothing can be done.
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the genuine tinsel underneath.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
