Quotes from Harpo Marx

In 1944 James Arthur and Minnie Susan were added to the Marx household.

The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.

In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.

Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us.

He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

In the house in Beverly Hills where our four children grew up, living conditions were a few thousand times improved over the old tenement on New York's East 93rd Street we Marx Brothers called home.

My name is whaddya care My home is anywhere People say I'm awful dumb So I thought to you I'd come

Honk, honk!

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.

Money isn't everything, but the lack of money isn't anything.

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.

I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear.

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.