Ogden Nash Quotes

American - Poet August 19, 1902 - May 19, 1971

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

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

Children, Parents, Happy, Ignore, Giving

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

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

Dog, Door, Wrong, Side, Wrong Side

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

Love, Marriage, Loving, You, Wrong, Your

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

Hope, Home, Age, Night, You, Sitting

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. - Ogden Nash

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. Ogden Nash

Pet, Trouble, Cat, Kitten, Becomes

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

Man, Woman, Sex, She, Some, Idea

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk. - Ogden Nash

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk. Ogden Nash

End, Cow, Milk, Other

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. - Ogden Nash

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. Ogden Nash

Happiness, Scratch, Itch, Every, Having

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. - Ogden Nash

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. Ogden Nash

Candy, Liquor, Quicker, Dandy

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence. Ogden Nash

Man, Remorse, Another

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Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. Ogden Nash

Fun, You, Some, About, Them, None

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. - Ogden Nash

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. Ogden Nash

Funny, Progress, Long, Gone, Alright

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin. Ogden Nash

People, Sin, Only, Who, Should, Grin

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind. Ogden Nash

Mind, Remorse, Violent

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Ogden Nash

Age, People, You, Meet, Someone, New

Too clever is dumb. - Ogden Nash

Too clever is dumb. Ogden Nash

Dumb, Clever, Too

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

Tree, Think, Fall, Never, See, Lovely

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

Happiness, Way, Achieve, Conscience

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

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

Work, People, Down, Sitting, Standing

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

Marriage, People, Never, Two, Two People

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. Ogden Nash

Children, Parents, Think, Naive, Web, Oh

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals? Ogden Nash

Long, New, Year, Line, Criminals, Every

No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done. Ogden Nash

Fun, You, Never, Done, Things, Out

I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine. - Ogden Nash

I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine. Ogden Nash

Great, Valentine, Claim, Saint, Another

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. Ogden Nash

Happiness, Control, Beyond, Your, Most

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash

Life, Live, My Life, Living, Rather

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