“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx
“When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun’.”
― Groucho Marx
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
― Groucho Marx
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx
“I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.”
― Groucho Marx
“Humor is reason gone mad.”
― Groucho Marx
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
― Groucho Marx
“I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”
― Groucho Marx
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”
― Groucho Marx
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well I have others.”
― Groucho Marx
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.”
― Groucho Marx
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
― Groucho Marx
“He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
― Groucho Marx
“I’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal.”
― Groucho Marx
“If you’re not having fun, you’re doing something wrong.”
― Groucho Marx
“If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
― Groucho marx
“Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh… now you tell me what you know.”
― Groucho Marx
“Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.”
― Groucho Marx
“While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
― Groucho Marx
“Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There’s no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”
― Groucho Marx
“Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
― Groucho Marx
“I have nothing but respect for you — and not much of that.”
― Groucho Marx
“Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.”
― Groucho Marx
“A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”
― Groucho Marx
“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
― Groucho Marx
“Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.”
― Groucho Marx
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women.”
― Groucho Marx
“Whatever it is, I’m against it.”
― Groucho Marx
“Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while”
― Groucho Marx
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.”
― Groucho Marx
“She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.”
― Groucho Marx
“Why, look at me. I’ve worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.”
― Groucho Marx
“I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.”
― Groucho Marx
“Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.”
― Groucho Marx
“Time wounds all heels.”
― Groucho Marx
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”
― Groucho Marx
“Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.”
― Groucho Marx
“Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.”
― Groucho Marx
“I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They’re upstairs in my socks.”
― Groucho Marx
“The only real laughter comes from despair.”
― Groucho Marx
“Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.”
― Groucho Marx
“Marriage is a wonderful institution…but who wants to live in an institution?”
― Groucho Marx
“Room service? Send up a larger room.”
[A Night at the Opera]”
― Groucho Marx
“If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.”
― groucho marx
“I’ll put off reading Lolita for six more years until she turns 18.”
― Groucho Marx
“I must admit, I was born at an early age. ”
― Groucho Marx
“The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.”
― Groucho Marx
“Do you mind if I don’t smoke?”
― Groucho Marx
“Groucho: You know I think you’re the most beautiful woman in the world?
Woman: Really?
Groucho: No, but I don’t mind lying if it gets me somewhere.”
― Groucho Marx
“Here’s to our wives and girlfriends…may they never meet!”
― Groucho Marx