Quotable Quotes: Groucho Marx
by Miki Saxon
You’re probably too young to have seen Groucho Marx on a TV game show called You Bet Your Life, but maybe you’ve rented some of his movies after hearing about him. If you haven’t, then I hope today’s post motivates to do so.
Marx was a brilliant comedian and offered great commentary on his times; as funny today as he was then.
“Humor is reason gone mad.” (An insight that give us a perfect reason to laugh as much and as often as possible.)
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” (If anything, TV has gone downhill since this comment.)
“Oh, I know it’s a penny here and a penny there, but look at me. I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.” (Just think what he could have done with a credit card!)
“Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.” (As has been proved over and over throughout history—and especially during the last eight years.)
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.” (Sounds like the honchos on Wall Street.)
Now go rent a Marx Brothers movie and laugh you’re a** off.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I knew I forgot do something this weekend…gotta get my Netflix order for Night At The Opera in….
One of my favorite Groucho lines:
“I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”
Good stuff, Miki!
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Thanks, Mark. I love how fitting some of them are to our current events. The best stuff is usually timeless.