Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.
Ogden Nash, "Reflections on Ice-Breaking"
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
Ogden Nash, "The Pig"
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
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
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
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!
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Progress might have been all right once, but it went on too long.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.