Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
Julius Henry Marx, known professionally as Groucho Marx, was an American comedian and film and television star. He was known as a master of quick wit and is widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and imitators...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 October 1890
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate statement that is. You see, Pop never used a tape measure. He didn't believe in it. He said he could just look at a man and tell hi.
Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth.
Q: What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic?A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.
Did I ever tell you how I shot a wild elephant in my pyjamas? How he got into my pyjamas I'll never know.
Don't point that beard at me, it might go off
I would horsewhip you if I had a horse
I would never belong to a group that would accept someone like me as a member.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.
I don't care to join and club that's prepared to have me as a member.
I worked myself up from nothing to extreme poverty.
I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book. The recipes were to be the routine ones: how to make dry toast, instant coffee, hearts of lettuce and brownies. But as an added attraction, at no extra charge, my idea was to put a fried egg on the cover. I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right.
She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.