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Harpo Marx
9 quotes
“No worse than a bad cold.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Confidential Guide: Comedy and Things Like That," Life (January 8, 1925), p. 19; and "Chips: Not Up to Snuff" by David Brock, (October 24, 1955), p. 4; and Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed): Ar…
“I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like the East Side tenement, our house was seldom without the sound of music or laughter or questions being asked or stories being told.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years too late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said, "I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember." My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. "Yes sir?" I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I'm trapped in a theatre, and a show starts disappointingly, I have a handy way of avoiding it: I fall asleep.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O, Harpo Death and thy clanking harp, hear!”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“exclusively verbal humor have been conveyed by Harpo Marx, who with Charles Chaplin, Jimmy Savo, and Danny Kaye, ranks as a master artist of pantomime.”
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Muriel Rukeyser The Life of Poetry (1949)