
“I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.”
Episode I
1910s, Misalliance (1910)
Now That's Awesome (2000)
“I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.”
Episode I
1910s, Misalliance (1910)
As quoted in Sojourner Truth : A Self-made Woman (1974) by Victoria Ortiz
Variant: Sisters, I ain't clear what you be after. If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?
“When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.”
“Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”
This may be original with Groucho, but the Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/jim-brewer/ mentions the earliest report found in a 1958 issue of Boy's Life magazine where it is attributed to Jim Brewer.
Misattributed
Variant: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
Who's Your Daddy?.
Song lyrics, Unleashed (2002)