Facts about Groucho Marx 
Summary
Groucho Marx was a famous Comedian from USA, who lived between October 2, 1895 and August 19, 1977.
Biography
His birth name was Julius Henry Marx, but he was called Groucho Marx Brothers, who plays on the English word for grumpy. He was number three in siblings after Chico and Harpo with the younger brothers, Zeppo and Gummo. He was really a quiet boy, but developed a keen sense of humor to get attention in siblings. It came to him later of great use as an actor.
He was known even in his private practice his humor against including his children and in letters. Zodiac etc.
She is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection.
Our collection contains 61 quotes who is written / told by Groucho, under the main topics: Funny, Humor, Marriage, Medical, Wedding.
Related authors: Dick Cavett
Source / external links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx
Famous quotes by Groucho Marx (61)
"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife"
"Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him"
"Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does"
"If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again"
"The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths"
"I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty"
"Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member"
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it"
"I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to be rid of it"
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies"
"Room service? Send up a larger room"
"I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course"
"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"
"I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it"
"I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it"
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book"
"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members"
"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up"
"Humor is reason gone mad"
"Go, and never darken my towels again"
"Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough"
"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it"
"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"
"Before I speak, I have something important to say"
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats"
"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke"
"A man's only as old as the woman he feels"
"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere"
"Women should be obscene and not heard"
"Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough"
"Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse"
"Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"
"Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head nor tail out of it"
"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy"
"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
"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 you tell me what you know"
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others"
"There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, "Yes," you know he is a crook"
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know"
"No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early"
"Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you"
"My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one"
"My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something"
"Military justice is to justice what military music is to music"
"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms"
"Marry me and I'll never look at another horse!"
"I won't belong to any organization that would have me as a member"
"I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract"
"I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt"
"I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30"
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book"
"I must confess, I was born at a very early age"
"I intend to live forever, or die trying"
"Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot"
"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five"
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member"
"Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse"
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running"
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury"
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