Groucho Marx idézet
Groucho Marx
Születési dátum: 2. október 1890
Halál dátuma: 19. augusztus 1977
Más nevek: Julius Henry Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx amerikai humorista és színész.
Idézetek Groucho Marx
„Nem lenne semmi baj ezzel az országgal, ha Truman még élne.“
— Groucho Marx
1947-ben, amikor Truman még élt.
„Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.“
— Groucho Marx
Misattributed, Variant: Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Source: Gyles Brandreth, Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language, Coronet, 2015.
Apparently attributed to Marx in Bennett Cerf's Try and Stop Me, first published in 1944. A citation of this can been seen in the Kentucky New Era on November 9, 1964 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-orAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4581,3323702&dq=art-of-looking-for-trouble&hl=en. Also attributed to Marx by Rand Paul in "The Long Stand," ch. 1 of Taking a Stand: Moving Beyond Partisan Politics to Unite America (New York, N. Y.: Center Street, 26 May 2015), p. 5.
The original quotation belongs to Sir Ernest Benn (Henry Powell Spring, What is Truth?, Orange Press, 1944, p. 31 https://books.google.com/books?id=snxbAAAAMAAJ&q=Ernest+benn+%22Politics+is+the+art+of%22&dq=Ernest+benn+%22Politics+is+the+art+of%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAjgUahUKEwiK3Zm-qojIAhWGVZIKHdFYBqY); a first known citation reportedly appears in the Springfield (MA) Republican on July 27, 1930.
„I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.“
— Groucho Marx
Quote by Leo Rosten in The Many Worlds of Leo Rosten http://books.google.com/books?id=8FkwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22i+never+forget+a+face+but+in+your+case+i'll+be+glad+to+make+an+exception%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage (1964)
„I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.“
— Groucho Marx
As quoted in Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984) by Leslie Halliwell
„From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.“
— Groucho Marx
To S J Perelman about his book Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1929), as quoted in LIFE (9 February 1962)
