Author: Groucho Marx Page 2

One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints… they’re upstairs in my socks.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I like my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

With a little study you’ll go a long ways… and I wish you’d start now.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Now there's a man with an open mind – you can feel the breeze from here!

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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.’

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Don't point that beard at me, it might go off.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Firefly: Not that I care, but where is your husband?
Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead.
Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It is not necessary to have relatives in Kansas City to be unhappy.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, which doesn’t say much for you.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men; the other 999 follow women.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Women should be obscene and not heard.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Madame Swempski: I don’t like this innuendo.

Groucho: That’s what I always say: love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host