Fred Allen

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a journey. Life flows.

The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes… men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

The point of quotations is that one can use another’s words to be insulting.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

It’s just a matter of managing expectations. So for me, for example, you know, when your husband is President of the United States and you have children, something has got to give. I’ve made compromises in my life and my career, but I’ve also, in exchange, gained a wonderful platform to do some great work.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

You are your own most important resource for making your life work. Life rewards action. Until your knowledge, awareness, insights, and understandings are translated into action, they are of no value.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.