Julius Henry “Groucho” Marx was born 120 years ago today.
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
“I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.”
“I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”
“I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.”
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”
“Room service? Send up a larger room.”
“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them — well, I have others.”
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
Groucho: “Do you have any children?”
Woman: “Yes, I have eleven.”
Groucho: “Eleven! My, my, and to what do you attribute this feat?”
Woman: “Well, I love my husband.”
Groucho: “Look lady, I love a good cigar, but I take it out of my mouth now and then.”