Why, look at me. I’ve worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Three Beliefs |
2018 | He Found Them On-Line |
2017 | Maybe In A Future World |
2016 | Largely A Mystery |
2015 | Tools And Weapons |
2014 | Likes And Dislikes |
2013 | Pillars Of Learning |
2012 | Another JCoM Review |
Move It | |
2011 | Expected Value |
Posts Tagged ‘Groucho Marx’
Working On My 2019 Tax Returns
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Groucho Marx, Humor, Poverty, Quotes, Taxes on February 20, 2020| 3 Comments »
I Think I’m Repeating Myself
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Groucho Marx, Humor, Quotes, Story on December 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | No Reason To Turn |
2017 | Talking Knuth |
Seeing It Through | |
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January |
2015 | Adaptive Security |
2014 | Wants |
2013 | Side Effects |
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living |
2011 | Productive Worry |
Free At Last!
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Equality, Groucho Marx, Humor, Philosophy, Prejudice, Quotes on August 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Some Basic Virtues |
Day 17: Fit In 48’s | |
2017 | Too Soon We Part… |
Rigorous And Difficult | |
2016 | Where And Why |
2015 | The Beauty Of Thy Voice |
2014 | Faith In Men |
2013 | An Average Verge |
2012 | Dew Drop Secrets |
2011 | Champion Freedom |
I Wish This Were More True
Posted in Education, Humor, Quotes, Reading, tagged Education, Groucho Marx, Humor, Quotes, Reading A Book, Television on August 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Used To Rejection |
Day 16: Looking Ahead (Just A Little) | |
2017 | Tonight |
I Rejoice | |
2016 | Conscientious Courage |
Speaking Of Which… | |
2015 | The Beautiful Snow |
2014 | Nurtured By The Voices |
2013 | Précis |
2012 | Fear And Understanding |
2011 | Just Being Human |
Don’t Forget Obstruction Of Justice
Posted in Humor, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45IsATraitor, Faking It, Groucho Marx, Humor, Politics, Quotes on July 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | #45 And The Republicans Are Pretending (So Far) |
2017 | Made |
2016 | Halves |
Accepted Fraud | |
2015 | Even The Little Ones |
2014 | Who’s On First? |
2013 | No Equal Measure |
2012 | A Single Host |
2011 | No Exemptions |
2010 | Memories Of KSA – Inside The Fire |
A Perfect Description Of #IncompetentDonald
Posted in Humor, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, Groucho Marx, Political Humor, Politics, Quotes on July 6, 2019| 2 Comments »
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Beating Feet Again |
A Bad Bet | |
2017 | Living Memory |
2016 | December |
2015 | That’s Gotta Leave A Scar |
It’s All About Me (…Not!) | |
2014 | Bull’s-Eye Next |
2013 | Change ÷ Time |
2012 | High Anxiety |
2011 | To Be, Do |
2010 | In the Arena… |
Not An Island, Today… | |
Living On The Couch
Posted in Family and Friends, Humor, Quotes, tagged 2019 Trip To Liverpool, Book, Couch, Dog, Groucho Marx, Happy Birthday to me, Humor, Wife, Woman on March 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I intend to live forever, or die trying. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
[Just sitting here on the couch, scratching my dog’s back, reading a book and missing my Hil who is off visiting her family in Liverpool… Happy Birthday to me! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | A Gardening Goal: Feed The Flowers |
2017 | Freakishly Happy Cowboy |
2016 | One More, Please |
2015 | Infinite Adventure |
2014 | Unpaved |
2013 | Headstones |
2012 | Keeping Young |
2011 | Lessons Well Learned |
You Too Can Choose
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Attitude, Being Happy, Choice, Groucho Marx, Philosophy, Quotes on March 7, 2019| 5 Comments »
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | In Line |
2017 | Just Get It Right |
2016 | In Support Of Common Core |
2015 | Oscillation |
2014 | Truth Shift |
2013 | Real Heroes |
2012 | Controlling The Beast |
2011 | 1,002 |
Looks A Lot Like #45
Posted in Humor, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45, #DumbDonald, Groucho Marx, Humor, Politics, Quotes on January 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Trying To Stay Young |
2017 | Seems Reasonable To Me |
2016 | We Can Get Through This Together (In Time) |
2015 | How Long Is A Piece Of String? |
2014 | Heathen, n. |
2013 | Wisdom’s Folly |
2012 | When The Student Is Ready |
Disconnected Leadership | |
2011 | The Complex Richness Of Life |
#45: Still Trying To
Posted in Humor, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged #DumbDonald, #IncompetentDonald, Groucho Marx, Humor, Learning From Others, Mistakes, Politics, Quotes on July 26, 2018| 2 Comments »
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Two Views Of The Starting Line |
2016 | Never Had It, Never Will (Donald Trump) |
2015 | 20/20 |
2014 | All Of My Best Ideas Come While Walking… |
2013 | Learn To Learn |
2012 | I Remind You |
2011 | Respect And Prestige |
2010 | Living Legends (Willie Nelson) and the Gettysburg Address |
In Line
Posted in Humor, Leadership, Quotes, tagged Groucho Marx, Humor, Leadership, Quotes on March 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Just Get It Right |
2016 | In Support Of Common Core |
2015 | Oscillation |
2014 | Truth Shift |
2013 | Real Heroes |
2012 | Controlling The Beast |
2011 | 1,002 |
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Choice, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, Groucho Marx, Happiness, Humor, Misery, Money, Philosophy, Quotes on November 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Feeling Warm Yet? |
Four Documentaries | |
2015 | Just Like All The Others |
2014 | In My Own Vanity |
2013 | Filled With Words |
2012 | Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae |
2011 | Lied Lately? |
2010 | Born To Work At Faux News |
Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still) | |
Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit | |
They’re Back… (Part 1) | |
Next Cell
Posted in Family and Friends, Humor, Quotes, tagged Friendship, Groucho Marx, Humor, Quotes on January 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »
When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun’. | |
― Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Important Knowledge |
2015 | Are You Still The Exception? |
2014 | In Answer |
Days Are Passing | |
2013 | Opportunity |
2012 | Appropriate Qualities |
2011 | A Place To Hang My Hat |
Hey, I Resemble That Remark… (4!)
Posted in Humor, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Groucho Marx, Humor, My Journal, On Children, On Mothers, Quotes on December 5, 2014| 2 Comments »
My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one. | |
— Groucho Marx | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Sit, Put, Until… |
2012 | Lessons For My Son |
2011 | Reaching The Right Audience |
2010 | Christmas Trees and Profession of Faith |