"Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what……" — Groucho Marx
"Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we oughta have? Chicolini: Well, I tell you what I think. I think we should have a standing army. Firefly: Why should we have a standing army? Chicolini: Because then we save money on chairs."
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Groucho Marx
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287 Quotes by Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx has 287 quotes on this site.
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Home is where you hang your head.
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No, Groucho is not my real name. I am breaking it in for a friend.
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How do you feel about women's rights? I like either side of them.
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Many years ago I chased a woman for almost two years, only to discover that her tastes were exactly like…
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Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees?
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Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill.
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Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.
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As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife.
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Dig trenches? With our men being killed off like flies? There isn't time to dig trenches. We'll have to buy…
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I know, I know - you're a woman who's had a lot of tough breaks. Well, we can clean and…
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I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
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[Mrs. Teasdale]: He's had a change of heart. [Groucho]: A lot of good that'll do him. He's still got the…
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
— Arthur Ashe
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
— Pearl Bailey
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
— Amelia Barr
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
— Jane Addams
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
— Joseph Addison
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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
— Mayim Bialik
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
— Aesop
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My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to…
— James Blunt
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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