Freberg Quotes & Sayings

If you don't like an ad, why should anybody else? ... We're all consumers ... That's why I always create commercials for myself first of all. I am the consumer I know best. If I think it's a great commercial, I figure the rest of the people might think so, too. I haven't been wrong so far. — Stan Freberg

You're just being cryptic again. It's like soap opera sex. Lots of boring dialogue and when they finally do go to bed, everything's dark and covered by blankets. — Ragnar Tornquist

Most folks call them green onions, but
they're really scallions. — Stan Freberg

You have to prove that the Freberg way will sell their product better than if they just did straight advertising. Whenever I give a lecture or seminar, that's what I try to get across to people. I hear very few radio commercials that sound like I could have written them or that they got the idea. — Stan Freberg

All women are troublemakers who take the money their husbands need desperately for a new and better speaker, and selfishly squander it on things like shoes for the children, homogenized milk, or perhaps A SECOND DRESS! — Stan Freberg

Because of language, the thoughts we record today might reach into the future to influence the thinking of people not yet born. — Laura A. Freberg

I had a scholarship to Stanford because I won three California Speech tournaments. Before I started Stanford, I told my mother I wanted to take a bus into Hollywood and see if I could get an agent. — Stan Freberg

The decision as to what's funny and what is not funny shall rest solely with Mr. Freberg. — Stan Freberg

This disease of curiosity. — Augustine Of Hippo

He said, 'You have everything there is of me, save a little I gave to my people. Now you hold that as well.'
And last of all, when he had released her and moved to the door, to stand outside where the sky was enclosed with thick hills and dark, heavy forests, he said, because he could not prevent himself, 'When next you stand by the sea, say goodbye for me. — Dorothy Dunnett

Me, personally, I'm just happy. I have a great mother. I have two great sisters. I couldn't ask for more. I'm healthy. I do what I love. — SonReal

Black is a great color!!! it sets off your wig! — Stan Freberg

The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation. — Stan Freberg

Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for. — Paramahansa Yogananda

One of my pastor friends, and a local hero, is Mike Minter. Mike is the founding pastor of Reston Bible Church, where he has served for nearly four decades. — Mark Batterson

Lola wondered how much time the woman had spent trying to outrun cute and reach pretty before she embraced who she was and made a fucking killing. Lola — Melissa Scrivner Love

For many introverts like David, adolescence is the great stumbling place, the dark and tangled thicket of low self-esteem and social unease. In middle and high school, the main currency is vivacity and gregariousness; attributes like depth and sensitivity don't count for much. — Susan Cain

You can make sounds and music out of pretty much anything with a little imagination and putting your mind to it! — Stan Freberg

People are amazed to see that I wrote all the words and music myself to 'Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America.' — Stan Freberg

Well, we're all a little hostile every now and then, some of us are able to sublimate, others of us can't adjust. You know how it is ... — Stan Freberg

I believe all of my talents come from the Lord. All of my talents are God-given - that's how I was able to write music without any professional musical training. — Stan Freberg

A lot of television stuff is mean-spirited, and I think that's how political advertising got so mean-spirited, to where people are throwing things at the television set every time we have an election. — Stan Freberg

When he was a little kid, he was a fat, spoiled kid. I can tell the type. — Stan Freberg

Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We have great universities that are involved in technological change and progress. We have an entrepreneurial culture, much more than almost any other country. — Ben Bernanke

I trained my son to be a puppeteer since he was a little boy. — Stan Freberg

I was turning down cigarette campaigns before it became fashionable. I wouldn't let CBS Radio sell 'The Stan Freberg Show' to R.J. Reynolds and American Tobacco, which had sponsored Jack Benny, the man I replaced. — Stan Freberg

Who are taking to the witch burning Saturday night? — Stan Freberg