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Ogden Nash quotes: Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.
Ogden Nash quotes: The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin. The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
Ogden Nash quotes: He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more
Ogden Nash quotes: My fellow man I do not care for.I often ask me, What's he there for?The only answer i can findIs, Reproduction of his kind. My fellow man I do not care for.
I often ask me, What's he there for?
The only answer i can find
Is, Reproduction of his kind.
Ogden Nash quotes: Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental. Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental.
Ogden Nash quotes: Elephants are useful friends: they have handles on both ends. Elephants are useful friends: they have handles on both ends.
Ogden Nash quotes: Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you. Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.
Ogden Nash quotes: O thrice unhappy home Whose master doesn't know the difference between a watt and an ohm! O thrice unhappy home Whose master doesn't know the difference between a watt and an ohm!
Ogden Nash quotes: Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer. Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer.
Ogden Nash quotes: People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it. People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it.
Ogden Nash quotes: If called by a panther, don't anther. If called by a panther, don't anther.
Ogden Nash quotes: The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions
Ogden Nash quotes: Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I'm in Oz, Just trying to tell it like it was. Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I'm in Oz, Just trying to tell it like it was.
Ogden Nash quotes: The reason for much matrimony is patrimony. The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.
Ogden Nash quotes: People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December. People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December.
Ogden Nash quotes: You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't. You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't.
Ogden Nash quotes: The Pig, if I am not mistaken,Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon.Let others say his heart is big,I think it stupid of the Pig. The Pig, if I am not mistaken,
Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon.
Let others say his heart is big,
I think it stupid of the Pig.
Ogden Nash quotes: People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it. People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
Ogden Nash quotes: Senescence begins And middle-age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends Senescence begins
And middle-age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends
Ogden Nash quotes: A lady is known by the product she endorses. A lady is known by the product she endorses.
Ogden Nash quotes: Progress is a fine thing, but it's gone on long enough. Progress is a fine thing, but it's gone on long enough.
Ogden Nash quotes: God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why. God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.
Ogden Nash quotes: I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
Ogden Nash quotes: The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually becomes a cat. The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually becomes a cat.
Ogden Nash quotes: The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile. The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.
Ogden Nash quotes: Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year.
Ogden Nash quotes: The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
Ogden Nash quotes: The old men know when an old man dies. The old men know when an old man dies.
Ogden Nash quotes: If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate. If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.
Ogden Nash quotes: The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath. The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.
Ogden Nash quotes: Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Ogden Nash quotes: Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer
Ogden Nash quotes: I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned. I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.
Ogden Nash quotes: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
Ogden Nash quotes: Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.
Ogden Nash quotes: I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
Ogden Nash quotes: Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it. Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.
Ogden Nash quotes: One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it/Never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it. One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it/Never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it.
Ogden Nash quotes: Don't Cry Darling, It's Blood All Right Don't Cry Darling, It's Blood All Right
Ogden Nash quotes: Wind is caused by the trees waving their branches. Wind is caused by the trees waving their branches.
Ogden Nash quotes: All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart. All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.
Ogden Nash quotes: You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
Ogden Nash quotes: Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Ogden Nash quotes: He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket, not repentance. He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket, not repentance.
Ogden Nash quotes: To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you're proper, shut up. To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you're proper, shut up.
Ogden Nash quotes: Some primal termite knocked on wood.And tasted it, and found it good.And that is why your Cousin MayFell through the parlor floor today. Some primal termite knocked on wood.
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Ogden Nash quotes: A dog's best friend is his illiteracy. A dog's best friend is his illiteracy.
Ogden Nash quotes: When a lady's erotic life is vexed God knows what God is coming next. When a lady's erotic life is vexed God knows what God is coming next.
Ogden Nash quotes: No, you never get any funOut of the things you haven't done. No, you never get any fun
Out of the things you haven't done.
Ogden Nash quotes: The burnt child, urged by rankling ire, Can hardly wait to get back at the fire. The burnt child, urged by rankling ire, Can hardly wait to get back at the fire.
Ogden Nash quotes: The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
Ogden Nash quotes: A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick. A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.
Ogden Nash quotes: My garden will never make me famous. I'm a horticultural ignoramus. I can't tell a string-bean from a soybean, or even a girl bean from a boy bean My garden will never make me famous. I'm a horticultural ignoramus. I can't tell a string-bean from a soybean, or even a girl bean from a boy bean
Ogden Nash quotes: Philo Vance / Needs a kick in the pance. Philo Vance / Needs a kick in the pance.
Ogden Nash quotes: THE GRACKLEThe THE GRACKLE
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Ogden Nash quotes: Where there is a monster, there is a miracle. Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.
Ogden Nash quotes: I have an idea that the phrase "weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. I have an idea that the phrase "weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
Ogden Nash quotes: Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it. Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it.
Ogden Nash quotes: Some hate broccoli, some hate bacon I hate having my picture taken. How can your family claim to love you And then demand a picture of you? Some hate broccoli, some hate bacon I hate having my picture taken. How can your family claim to love you And then demand a picture of you?
Ogden Nash quotes: People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash quotes: Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
Ogden Nash quotes: Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's very funny- Have you ever tried to buy them without money? Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's very funny- Have you ever tried to buy them without money?
Ogden Nash quotes: The song of canariesNever varies,And when they're moultingThey're pretty revolting. The song of canaries
Never varies,
And when they're moulting
They're pretty revolting.
Ogden Nash quotes: It's my own dream, I dreamt it, I dreamt that my hair was kempt, then I dremat my true love unkempt it. It's my own dream, I dreamt it, I dreamt that my hair was kempt, then I dremat my true love unkempt it.
Ogden Nash quotes: Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road. Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.
Ogden Nash quotes: And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs. And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.
Ogden Nash quotes: I think in terms of rhyme, and have since I was six years old, I think in terms of rhyme, and have since I was six years old,
Ogden Nash quotes: Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world. Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world.
Ogden Nash quotes: Behold the Zebra on the plains, And shudder at his mighty manes! Behold the Zebra on the plains, And shudder at his mighty manes!
Ogden Nash quotes: Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not? Look at pot. Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not? Look at pot.
Ogden Nash quotes: A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like an overloaded omnibus. A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like an overloaded omnibus.
Ogden Nash quotes: Time is like the ocean, always there, always different. Time is like the ocean, always there, always different.
Ogden Nash quotes: A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash quotes: Man is a victim of dopeIn the incurable form of hope! Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope!
Ogden Nash quotes: The camel has a single hump, The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around; I'm never sure. Are you? The camel has a single hump, The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around; I'm never sure. Are you?
Ogden Nash quotes: It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin,That lays eggs under your skin. It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin,
That lays eggs under your skin.
Ogden Nash quotes: Too clever is dumb. Too clever is dumb.
Ogden Nash quotes: In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel. In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.
Ogden Nash quotes: But all ladies think they weigh too much. But all ladies think they weigh too much.
Ogden Nash quotes: No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed. No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.
Ogden Nash quotes: You can take it as understood,That your luck changes only if it's good. You can take it as understood,
That your luck changes only if it's good.
Ogden Nash quotes: Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it. Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.
Ogden Nash quotes: One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with. One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
Ogden Nash quotes: There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction. There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.
Ogden Nash quotes: Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around. Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.
Ogden Nash quotes: Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash quotes: I drink because she nags, she said I nag because he drinks. But if the truth be known to you, He's a lush and she's a shrew. I drink because she nags, she said I nag because he drinks. But if the truth be known to you, He's a lush and she's a shrew.
Ogden Nash quotes: Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch. Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch.
Ogden Nash quotes: Professional men, they have no cares;Whatever happens, they get theirs. Professional men, they have no cares;
Whatever happens, they get theirs.
Ogden Nash quotes: But children, hark! Your mother would rather, When you arrived, have been your father. But children, hark! Your mother would rather, When you arrived, have been your father.
Ogden Nash quotes: Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways. Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways.
Ogden Nash quotes: And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more. And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.
Ogden Nash quotes: Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility? Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility?
Ogden Nash quotes: Too much Chablis can make you whablis. Too much Chablis can make you whablis.
Ogden Nash quotes: ADVENTURES OF ISABELIsabel ADVENTURES OF ISABEL
Isabel
Ogden Nash quotes: Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force. Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.
Ogden Nash quotes: I test my bath before I sit, And I'm always moved to wonderment That what chills the finger not a bit Is so frigid upon the fundament. I test my bath before I sit, And I'm always moved to wonderment That what chills the finger not a bit Is so frigid upon the fundament.
Ogden Nash quotes: Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long. Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.
Ogden Nash quotes: Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker. Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
Ogden Nash quotes: No man is greater than his respect for sleep. No man is greater than his respect for sleep.

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