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
Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.
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.
Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.
Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not? Look at pot.
They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.
Women would rather be right than reasonable.
One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
Remorse is violent dyspepsia of the mind.
I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine.
Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.
Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
Home is heaven and orgies are vile, But I like an orgy, once in a while.
Some primal termite knocked on wood. And tasted it, and found it good. And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.
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.