Ogden Nash

US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

Nietsche is Pietsche."

Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.

He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.

The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher,
Were each of them once a kiddie.
A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature.
Do I want one? God Forbiddie!

Progress might have been all right once, but it went on too long.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

When there are monsters there are miracles.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.