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Ogden Nash quotes

American Poet August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971

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To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up. Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up. Ogden Nash
I give you now Professor Twist The conscientious scientist. Trustees exclaimed, “He never bungles” And sent him off to distant jungles. Camped on a tropic riverside One day he missed his lovely bride. The guide informed him later She had been eaten by an alligator. Professor Twist could not but smile. You mean,” he said “a crocodile.! Ogden Nash
More than a catbird hates a cat, Or a criminal hates a clue, Or the Axis hates the United States, That's how much I love you. I love you more than a duck can swim, And more than a grapefruit squirts, I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore, And more than a toothache hurts. As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea, Or a juggler hates a shove, As a hostess detests unexpected guests, That's how much you I love. I love you more than a wasp can sting, And more than the subway jerks, I love you as... Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true..."
I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it. Ogden Nash
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
Ogden Nash quote: "Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but..."
Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money? Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the..."
Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were..."
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash
There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends. Ogden Nash
Everybody who has a baby thinks everybody who hasn't a baby ought to have a baby, Which accounts for the success of such plays as the Irish Rose of Abie, The idea apparently being that just by being fruitful. You are doing something beautiful, Which if it is true. Means that the common housefly is several million times more beautiful than me or you. Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them..."
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what..."
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash quote: "A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men,..."
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. Ogden Nash

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