@bridget99 said:@locallunatic said:@Nagesh said: I think Jeff Atwood wrote that on his blog.@mikeTheLiar said:I don't care to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
It is a famous quote (that often goes without attribution).
I think it was said by W.C. Fields, or, someone from that era.
@http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx said:I sent the club a wire stating, "PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER".
Telegram to the Friar's Club of Beverly Hills to which he belonged, as recounted in Groucho and Me (1959), p. 321
[Variant:] "Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".
As quoted in The Groucho Letters (1967) by Arthur Sheekman. The sentiment predates Marx by 61 years, however; it likely originated with John Galsworthy in The Forsyte Saga. In Part I, Chapter II, "Old Jolyon Goes to the Opera", it's said of Old Jolyon that, "He naturally despised the Club that did take him." after another refused him because he was in a trade.