Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one. Harpo Marx More Quotes by Harpo Marx More Quotes From Harpo Marx If things get too much for you and you feel the whole world's against you, go stand on your head. If you can think of anything crazier to do, do it. Harpo Marx too-much world thinking 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. Harpo Marx greatness ordinary men I don't know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I've had a lot of extra time to enjoy life. Harpo Marx extra-time becoming-one enjoy-life 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 wise inspirational funny But I guess that's the way it is. When you lose something irreplaceable, you don't mourn for the thing you lost. you mourn for yourself. Harpo Marx irreplaceable lost way I saw the most frightening, most depressing sight I had ever seen - a row of stores with Stars of David and the word 'Jude' painted on them, and inside, behind half-empty counters, people in a daze, cringing like they didn't know what hit them and didn't know where the next blow would come from. Hitler had been in power only six months, and his boycott was already in full effect. I hadn't been so wholly conscious of being a Jew since my bar mitzvahs, and it was the first time since I'd had the measles that I was too sick to eat. Harpo Marx depressing stars blow I am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived. Harpo Marx taught actors self In 1944 James Arthur and Minnie Susan were added to the Marx household. Harpo Marx minnie arthur household He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Harpo Marx macys parades thanksgiving 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 laughter house sides 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. Harpo Marx brother new-york children I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear. Harpo Marx ear same kind father 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. Harpo Marx never child late roots In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander. Harpo Marx our home son fall
