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Groucho Marx

Geburtstag: 2. Oktober 1890
Todesdatum: 19. August 1977
Andere Namen:Julius Henry Marx

Groucho Marx war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Entertainer, der als einer der Marx Brothers zu den erfolgreichsten Komikern der englischsprachigen Welt gehörte.

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„Ich mag keinem Club angehören, der mich als Mitglied aufnimmt.“

— Groucho Marx
Groucho-Marx-Paradoxon; Telegramm an den Friars Club, in dem er seinen Austritt mitteilt.

„I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.“

— Groucho Marx
Quote by Leo Rosten in The Many Worlds of Leo Rosten http://books.google.com/books?id=8FkwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22i+never+forget+a+face+but+in+your+case+i'll+be+glad+to+make+an+exception%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage (1964)

„Humor is reason gone mad.“

— Groucho Marx

„Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.“

— Groucho Marx

„Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.“

— Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
This may be original with Groucho, but the Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/jim-brewer/ mentions the earliest report found in a 1958 issue of Boy's Life magazine where it is attributed to Jim Brewer.

„I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.“

— Groucho Marx
As quoted in Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984) by Leslie Halliwell

„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'.“

— Groucho Marx

„From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.“

— Groucho Marx
To S J Perelman about his book Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1929), as quoted in LIFE (9 February 1962)

„The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.“

— Groucho Marx

„Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.“

— Groucho Marx
Variant: Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. Apparently attributed to Marx in Bennett Cerf's Try and Stop Me, first published in 1944. A citation of this can been seen in the Kentucky New Era on November 9, 1964 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-orAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4581,3323702&dq=art-of-looking-for-trouble&hl=en. Also attributed to Marx by Rand Paul in "The Long Stand," ch. 1 of Taking a Stand: Moving Beyond Partisan Politics to Unite America (New York, N. Y.: Center Street, 26 May 2015), p. 5. The original quotation belongs to Sir Ernest Benn (Henry Powell Spring, What is Truth?, Orange Press, 1944, p. 31 https://books.google.com/books?id=snxbAAAAMAAJ&q=Ernest+benn+%22Politics+is+the+art+of%22&dq=Ernest+benn+%22Politics+is+the+art+of%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAjgUahUKEwiK3Zm-qojIAhWGVZIKHdFYBqY); a first known citation reportedly appears in the Springfield (MA) Republican on July 27, 1930.

„[Variant:] "Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".“

— Groucho Marx, Groucho and Me
As quoted in The Groucho Letters (1967) by Arthur Sheekman. The sentiment predates Marx by 61 years, however; it likely originated with John Galsworthy in The Forsyte Saga. In Part I, Chapter II, "Old Jolyon Goes to the Opera" http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2559, it's said of Old Jolyon that, "He naturally despised the Club that did take him." after another refused him because he was in a trade.