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merrily

(45,251 posts) Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:48 AM Jun 2014

Some quotes from Groucho Marx, simply because I just found them in [View all]

my email inbox. I hope that someone here enjoys them as much as I did.

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

"I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it."

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."

"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."

"Anyone can get old, all you have to do is live long enough."

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

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Some quotes from Groucho Marx, simply because I just found them in [View all] merrily Jun 2014 OP

My fave brooklynboy49 Jun 2014 #1

I get the humor, but I don't agree with the sentiment. merrily Jun 2014 #10

I thought Arne Duncan said this: Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 #2

You forgot to add whistler162 Jun 2014 #3

R#2 & K (a rarity in Lounge) for, brilliant. n/t UTUSN Jun 2014 #4

I am sure Groucho is appreciative. merrily Jun 2014 #11

I think it's Taterdude. Or probably I just think Taterdude is brilliant while not getting him at all UTUSN Jun 2014 #14

Can you imagine being one of the Marx Brothers and growing up in that family? merrily Jun 2014 #16

I'm looking at your point a different way: They liked, respected, played one another UTUSN Jun 2014 #17

a few others Bombero1956 Jun 2014 #5

Thanks. Amazing how far back it goes that merrily Jun 2014 #12

he was traveling with his family and orleans Jun 2014 #6

last year about this time we were in a surgical waiting room. rurallib Jun 2014 #7

I like my cigar, too, but I take it out once in awhile. DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2014 #8

I think I was watching the show when he said those lines. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #13

"I like my cigar, too, but DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2014 #9

'Pull yourself to peices' Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #15

I think I might need some context for that one. merrily Jun 2014 #18

That one came from a movie. Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #19

All the more reason for me to stream. merrily Jun 2014 #20

Groucho met his match with guy Bombero1956 Jun 2014 #21

Not your type. merrily Jun 2014 #22