Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nashwas an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry". Nash wrote over 500 pieces of comic verse. The best of his work was published in 14 volumes between 1931 and 1972...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 August 1902
CityTown Of Rye, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.
A dog's best friend is his illiteracy.
If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.
Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope.
The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
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.
And one of his partners asked ''Has he vertigo?'' and the other glanced out and down and said ''Oh no, only about ten feet more.''
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
I'd rather be a great bad poet than a good bad poet.
Shake and shake The catsup bottle. None will come, And then a lot'll.
You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't.