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#1

“Under capitalism, man exploits man; while under socialism just the reverse is true.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith, A Life in Our Times: Memoirs

tags: frequently-misquoted

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#2

“There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: writing

177 likes

#3

“If the Super Bowl is the ultimate game, how come there is another one next year?”
― Duane Thomas

tags: humor

3 likes

#4

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

37990 likes

#5

“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
― Anthony G. Oettinger

tags: humor, misattributed-to-groucho-marx, time

6193 likes

#6

“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading

3618 likes

#7

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
― Groucho Marx

2533 likes

#8

“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: humor, life

2190 likes

#9

“I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: classic-insult

1650 likes

#10

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: humor

1098 likes

#11

“I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
― Groucho Marx

1098 likes

#12

“Whatever it is, I'm against it.”
― Groucho Marx

551 likes

#13

“While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: money

965 likes

#14

“Room service? Send up a larger room."

[A Night at the Opera]”
― Groucho Marx

tags: hotel-rooms, hotels, humor, room-service

277 likes

#15

“Time wounds all heels.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: paraphrased

368 likes

#16

“Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?”
― Groucho Marx

302 likes

#17

“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

tags: attitude, definitions, fear, happiness, orthodoxy, puritanism, strictness

520 likes

#18

“Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: Third Series

tags: belief, definition, humor, illogical, improbable

128 likes

#19

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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