Quote #5

A likely story - and probably true.

More from Groucho Marx

  1. Mr. Grover [Doing an informal job interview]: What experience have you had at a department store? Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho): I was a shopl…
  2. Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.
  3. A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.
  4. I sent the club a wire stating, 'PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMB…
  5. If I held you any closer I'd be in back of you.
  6. [Variant:] 'Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member'.
  7. When I invite a woman to dinner I expect her to look at my face. That's the price she has to pay!
  8. No-one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

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