Frases de Fred Allen

Fred Allen , nascido em Cambridge, Massachusetts, foi um famoso comediante estadunidense, apresentou um programa de rádio, entre 1934 e 1949. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. Maio 1894 – 17. Março 1956
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Fred Allen Frases famosas

“Uma reunião consiste de um grupo de pessoas que sozinhas nada podem fazer, mas juntas decidem que nada pode ser feito.”

A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done
citado em "Kiplinger's Personal Finance"‎ - Página 48, Revista - mai. 1962 - vol. 16, núm. 5, ISSN 1528-9729, Publicado por Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. - 48 páginas

“Se pudesse receber de volta a taxa de inscrição, eu pediria demissão da raça humana.”

If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race
citado em "The Portable Curmudgeon"‎ - Página 141, de Jon Winokur - Plume, 1992, ISBN 0452266688, 9780452266681 - 299 páginas

Fred Allen frases e citações

“Uma celebridade é uma pessoa que trabalha duro a vida inteira para se tornar conhecida e depois passa a usar óculos escuros par não ser conhecida.”

Variante: Uma celebridade é uma pessoa que trabalhou duro a vida inteira para se tornar conhecida e depois passa a usar óculos escuros para não ser conhecida.

Fred Allen: Frases em inglês

“All the sincerity in Hollywood you could stuff in a flea's navel and still have room left to conceal eight caraway seeds and an agent's heart.”

From a lost letter to Kenny Delmar quoted in Earl Wilson's syndicated column (May 1959).

“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”

Attributed in Newsweek, 14 January 1980.

“California's a wonderful place to live - if you happen to be an orange.”

Reported in Steven D. Price, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About California (2007), p. viii.

“A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 pm to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.”

Treadmill to Oblivion http://books.google.com/books?id=8IC6ZSGPAAYC&q="A+molehill+man+is+a+pseudo+busy+executive+who+comes+to+work+at+9+am+and+finds+a+molehill+on+his+desk+He+has+until+5+pm+to+make+this+molehill+into+a+mountain+An+accomplished+molehill+man+will+often+have+his+mountain+finished+even+before+lunch"&pg=PA27#v=onepage (1954).

“A good comedian can say things funny and other guys just say funny things.”

Attributed by Robert Lemke in The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY), “Rock ‘n Roll ‘Musically Horrid” Says Ex-2-a-Dayer,” pg. 2-C, col. 1 (9 August 1959)

“Sullivan will be successful as long as other people have talent.”

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968) by Michael David Harris; reproduced in "Sunday Marks Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary on TV," https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82860831/ The San Antonio Express (June 16, 1968), p. 117

“What does Sullivan do? He points at people. Rub meat on actors and dogs will do the same thing.”

As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968)