Author: Groucho Marx Page 4

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.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Here's to our wives and girlfriends… may they never meet!

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Marry me and I’ll never look at another horse!

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Two thousand dollars for ice? I can get an Eskimo for two hundred dollars and make my own ice.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Don't look now, but there's one too many in this room and I think it's you.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I was married by a judge… I should have asked for a jury.

(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

Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I've known and respected your husband for many years, and what's good enough for him is good enough for me. [He suddenly grabs her and pulls her down onto a couch]

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

If they'd lower the taxes and get rid of the smog and clean up the traffic mess, I really believe I'd settle here until the next earthquake.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

You can leave in a taxi… If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff… if that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

She’s upstairs filing her teeth.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I’ll see you at the opera tonight. I’ll hold your seat till you get there. After you get there you’re on your own.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I've been looking for a girl like you… not you… but a girl like you.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Why was I with her? … she reminds me of you… in fact, she reminds me more of you than you do!

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing… if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Why a four-year-old child could understand this report… run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can’t make head or tail of it.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host