Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)


Ogden Nash -
- Nietsche is Pietsche."

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

Ogden Nash -
- When there are monsters there are miracles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ogden Nash - "Reflections on Ice-Breaking"
- Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.

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