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
I could dance with you till the cows come home. Better still, I'll dance with the cows and you come home." Groucho Marx was never one to pass up an opportunity for a play on words and this occurs in his dialogue of the 1933 film Duck Soup:
Middle age is when you go to bed at night and hope you feel better in the morning. Old age is when you go to bed at night and hope you wake up in the morning.
You've forgotten those June nights at the Riviera...the night I drank Champagne from your slipper - two quarts. It would have been more but you were wearing inner soles.
Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the free!
No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.
I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.
Well I thought my razor was dull until I heard his speech, and that reminds me of a story that's so dirty I'm ashamed to think of it myself.
He's so full of alcohol, if you put a lighted wick in his mouth he'd burn for three days.
If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
Growing old is something you do if you're lucky.
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.
In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.