Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
Groucho MarxRead
Home is where you hang your head.
Interpretation
Home is defined by personal connections rather than physical structures.
Groucho Marx's quote emphasizes that the concept of 'home' is not necessarily a physical place but rather a state of being where one feels comfort and belonging. Regardless of where we might physically reside, the true essence of home lies in our cherished connections and emotional ties to people, and how those connections provide a sense of security and peace.
In practice
During a family gathering, someone might say this quote to express the warmth of home.
Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
John you say you met in an elevator. Was the elevator going up at the time, or down? This is very important, for going down in an elevator one always has that sinking feeling and for all I know you may have this confused with love. If you were going up, it is clearly a case of love at first sight.
Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder.
Chico: "Here's the book, it's a dollar" Groucho: "Here's a ten, and shoot the change." Chico: "I don't have change I'd have to give you nine more books.
Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth.
Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!
My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.
Recognition of the inevitability of comprehensive bureaucratization does not solve the problems that arise out of it.
It is more than their land that you take away from the people, whose native land you take. It is their past as well, their roots and their identity. If you take away the things that they have been used to see and will be expecting to see, you may, in a way, as well take their eyes.
Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension.
For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers.
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