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
Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,/ Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks./ From river to river you comb the town/ For a place to lay your family down.
He without benefit of scruples - His fun and money soon quadruples.
Middle age ends and senescence begins, the day your descendant's outnumber your friends.
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.
Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's very funny- Have you ever tried to buy them without money?
People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it.
I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.
No man is greater than his respect for sleep.
One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.
Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.