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
Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
I have a bone to pick with Fate / Come here and tell me, girlie, / Do you think my mind is maturing late,/ Or simply rotting early?
A cough is something that you yourself can't help, but everybody else does on purpose just to torment you.
Daybreak is one of the greatest disadvantages of living under the solar system: It means having to get up almost the very minute you go to bed, And bathe and shave and scrub industriously at your molar system And catch a train and go to the office an
A man is quite dishonorable to sell himself, For anything other than quite a lot of pelf
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for
I prefer to forget both pairs of glasses and pass my declining years saluting strange women and grandfather clocks.
Home is heaven and orgies are vile/ But you need an orgy, once in a while.
In the words of the poet, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, this erstwhile youth replies, I just can't
The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Gives us ham and pork and Bacon. Let others think his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig.
To be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.
The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions/ Is by their actions.
The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.