"A night at the opera"(1935):
Groucho: "Ladies and Gentlemen...I guess that takes in most of you."
Groucho: "Oh waiter?"
Waiter: "Yes sir?"
Groucho: "Have you got any milk-fed chickens?"
Waiter: "Yes, sir."
Groucho: "Well squeeze the milk out of one and bring me a glass."
Rodolfo Lassparri: "Does it mean nothing to you that I am the greatest singer in the world?"
Rosa: "But I love to hear you sing, Rodolfo."
Rodolfo Lassparri: "No no no, let me put it this way: I love you. I adore you. I would die for you. Now do you understand?"
Rosa: "I'm afraid I don't."
Groucho: "The whole thing is very simple. When he says he's the greatest singer in the world, it means he loves you. Personally I don't believe either statement."
Groucho: "Yes?"
Henderson: "You remember me, I'm Henderson, plainclothesman."
Groucho: "You look more like an old clothesman to me."
Groucho: "The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part."
Chico: "Sounds a little better this time."
Groucho: "Well, it grows on you. Would you like to hear it once more?"
Chico: "Just the first part."
Groucho: "What, you mean the party of the first part?"
Chico: "No, the first part of the party of the first part."
Groucho: "You boys will have to scram. I've got a date with a lady in a few minutes and, well, you know the old saying: Two's company and five's a crowd."
Groucho [to the steward]: "I'll take two fried eggs, two poached eggs, two scrambled eggs, and two medium-boiled eggs."
Chico: "And two hard-boiled eggs!"
Groucho: "And two hard-boiled eggs."
Harpo: "Honk!"
Groucho: "Make that three hard-boiled eggs."...
Harpo: "Honk!"
Groucho: "And one duck egg."
Henderson: "Am I crazy or are there only two beds in here??"
Groucho: "Now which question do you want me to answer first?"
Groucho: "Where can I find you?"
Chico: "Don't worry. Wherever you are, you'll find us."
Groucho: "No, I'm sick of that. Let's meet somewhere else."
Groucho: "All right, I'll read it to ya. Can ya hear?"
Chico: "I haven't heard anything yet. You said anything?"
Groucho: "Well, I haven't said anything worth hearing..."
Chico: "Well, that's why I didn't hear anything."
Groucho: "Well, that's why I didn't say anything."(hear it)
Groucho: "Anyhow, we're all set now, aren't we?... Now just put your name right there, and the deal is legal."
Chico: "I forgot to tell you, I can't write."
Groucho: "Well that's all right, there's no ink in the pen anyhow. But listen, it's a contract, isn't it?"
Chico: "Oh sure."
Groucho: "We got a contract, no matter how small it is."
Chico: "You bet."
Groucho: "Why don't you fellows be nice? Get outta here before I get arrested!"
Chico: "Nah, I'd like to stay and see that."
Groucho: "It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a sanity clause."
Chico: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!" (hear it)
Mrs. Claypool: "What are you doing here? This is Mr. Gottlieb's spot!"
Groucho: "He couldn't come, so he gave me his ticket. And he couldn't get dressed, so he gave me his clothes."
Groucho: [to Lassparri] "Hey, you big bully, what's the idea of hitting that little bully?" [Harpo]
Lassparri: "Never in my life have I received such treatment! They threw an apple at me!"
Groucho: "Well, watermelons are out of season."
Lassparri: [dressed as a clown] "Now, what have you got to say to me?"
Groucho: "Just this - can you sleep on your stomach with such big buttons on your pajamas?"(hear it)
Groucho: "You didn't happen to see my suit in there, did you?"
Chico: "Yeah, it was taking up too much room, so we sold it."
Groucho: "Did'ja get anything for it?"
Chico: "A dollar forty."
Groucho: "That's my suit all right."
Chico: [about Harpo] "Don't wake him up, he's got insomnia. He's trying to sleep it off."
Henderson: "You live here by yourself?"
Groucho: "Yes... just me and my memories."
Henderson: [suspiciously] "I see the table is set for four."
Groucho: "That's nothing -
my alarm clock is set for eight."(hear it)
Henderson: "What is that bed doing in here?!"
Groucho: "I don't see it doing anything."
Chico: "I'd give you my seat, but I'm sitting in it."
Groucho: "That woman? Do you know why I sat with her? Because she reminded me of you."
Mrs. Claypool: "Really?"
Groucho: "Of course. That's why I'm sitting here with you.
Because you remind me of you.
Your eyes, your throat, your lips.
Everything about you reminds me of you... except you."
Mrs. Claypool: "I've been sitting right here since 7:00."
Groucho: "Yes, with your back to me. When I invite a woman to dinner I expect her to look at my face. That's the price she has to pay."
Henderson: "What's this?"
Groucho: "That's the fire escape...
and that's a table, and this is a room,
and there's the door leading out and I wish you'd use it.
I vant to be alone..."
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"A day at the races"(1937):
Groucho: "In case you've never done this before, this is known as 'washing your hands'."
Groucho: "How much is this?"
Chico: "That's a-free."
Groucho: "Oh, thank you."
Chico: "There's just a $2 delivery charge."
Groucho: "Delivery charge? But I'm standing right next to you!"
Chico: "Well, for such a short distance, I make it $1."
Groucho: "Couldn't I just move over here and make it 50 cents?"
Chico: "Yes, but I could move back over here and make it a dollar just the same."
Groucho: "Emily, I have a little confession to make: I really am a horse doctor. But marry me, and I'll never look at another horse."
Groucho: "Oh, well, uh, to begin with I took four years at Vassar."
Mrs. Upjohn: "Vassar? But that's a girls' college."
Groucho: "I found that out the third year. I'd have been there yet, but I went out for the swimming team."
Groucho: "She's so in love with me, she doesn't know anything. That's why she's in love with me."
Groucho: "You know, I proposed to your mother once."
Judy: "But that's my father!"
Groucho: "Oh. No wonder he turned me down."
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"Room Service"(1938):
Chico: "I still think it's a terrible play, but it makes a wonderful rehearsal."
Chico: "I'm so hungry I see spots before my eyes."
Leo Davis: "Me too."
Chico: "Mine are starting to look like hamburgers."
Groucho: "Well if you see one with onions, save it for me."
Groucho [pointing to Harpo]: "And this is Mr. England, the brains of our organization. That'll give you an idea of the organization."
Chico [about his moose-head]: "I shot it with my own hands; I ate it up to the neck; but I refuse to part with the rest of it!"
Chico: "Hello, Room Service? Bring up enough ice to cool a warm body."
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Other quotes from Groucho:
Man: "Please welcome ... Groucho!"
Groucho: "What a ridiculous name. Oh, that's me! Groucho Marx!"
"Time wounds all heels."
"I must confess, I was born at a very early age."
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'd be glad to make an exception."
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