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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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„Humor ist der Grund, warum er verrückt geworden ist.“

— Groucho Marx

Über Verrückte

„Fernsehen bildet. Immer, wenn der Fernseher an ist, gehe ich in ein anderes Zimmer und lese.“

— Groucho Marx

„Wir müssen auch aus den Fehlern anderer lernen, denn wir leben nicht lange genug, um sie alle selbst zu machen“

— Groucho Marx

Über Leben

„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.

„Es gibt kein schöneres Geräusch als das Zähneknirschen eines Kumpels.“

— Groucho Marx

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

— Groucho Marx

„He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.“

— Groucho Marx

„If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.“

— Groucho Marx

„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)

„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)

„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.