Steve Allen Quotes

United States, Entertainer
December 26, 1921 – October, 30, 2000.

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and advocate of scientific skepticism. In September 1954, he achieved national fame as the first host of The Tonight Show, which was the first late night television talk show.

Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.

Steve Allen
- Reality
- Humor
- Unintended
Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

Steve Allen
- Patriotism
- Totalitarianism

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

Steve Allen
Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

Steve Allen
- Mind
- Television
- Radio
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Steve Allen
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Steve Allen
- Humor
- Spots
- Get Over
Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

Steve Allen
- Energy
- Dark
- Mystery
The hair is real - it's the head that's a fake.

Steve Allen
- Real
- Hair
- Fake

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

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- God
- Phrase
- Holy War
One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.

Steve Allen