"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."
― Fred Allen
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― Fred Allen
More From Fred Allen
- "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."
- "I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap."
- "An actor’s popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match."
More In Dad
- "Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It’s all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that."― Sandra Lee
- "We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."― Ashley Scott
- "My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow."― Joel Osteen