Ogden Nash, (1902 - 1971) Quotes

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with the window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with the window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.

The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.

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

You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.

They take the paper and they read the headlines,So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines,And they philanthropically cure them allBy getting up a costume charity ball.

Here's a rule of thumb:Too clever, is dumb.

Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,And that's what parents were created for.

Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.