Creative Quotations from Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Groucho Marx
(1890-1977) born on Oct 02

US comedian. "He was the leader of the Marx brother team and famous for his ad-lib insults in his TV show "You Bet Your Life," 1950-1961."

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

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.

I eat like a vulture. Unfortunately the resemblance doesn't end there.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"On S J Perelman's 1929 book "Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge," quoted in "Life," 9 Feb 62"
R:	"Animal Crackers.""
A:	Attributed.
N:	"Letter to Hollywood's Friar's Club. Quoted in: Arthur Sheekman, The Groucho Letters, Introduction (1967)."
K:	"Quoted in Laurence J. Peter, Peter's Quotations"