"An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission." ― Fred Allen Topic(s): Business More From Fred Allen "I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap." "I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back." "Television is a medium because anything well done is rare." More In Business "It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."― Mark Twain "All those lessons that I’ve learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court."― Venus Williams "Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line."― Richard Branson