Source: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash
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Famous Ogden Nash Quotes
“The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.”
Source: Good intentions
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The primrose path
“Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.”
“Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: Good intentions
“If called by a panther, don't anther.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The primrose path
“Only the gamefish swims upstream, But the sensible fish swims down.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“Don't Cry Darling, It's Blood All Right”
Source: The bad parents' garden of verse
“Behold the Zebra on the plains, And shudder at his mighty manes!”
“Any kiddie in school can love like a fool, But Hating, my boy, is an Art.”
“I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.”
Source: Good intentions
“Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited.”
Source: Happy Days
“He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility?”
Source: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin, That lays eggs under your skin.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
Source: The primrose path
“Celery, raw, Develops the jaw”
Source: Good intentions
“Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi; Consider the Empire and Gandhi.”
Source: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash
“You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't.”
Source: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash
“A lady is known by the product she endorses.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting.”
“I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.”