I was just working in the shop and all of a sudden something just triggered in me, and I started shaking. And then I walked back into the house and my wife asked, 'What's the matter?' And I said, 'I don't feel good.' And tears, uncontrollable tears, was coming out of my eyes and she says, 'What's the matter?' And I told her. I said, 'I just thought about that execution that I did two days ago, and everybody else's that I was involved in.' And what it was, something triggered within, and it just, everybody - all of these executions all sprung forward.
Fred AllenAll that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.
Fred AllenI always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.
Fred Allen