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 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.
I have an idea that the phrase weaker sex was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm.
When a lady's erotic life is vexed God knows what God is coming next.
All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.
Now, anybody whom a German hates, He presently exterminates, But he who exterminates a French Is never safe from Gallic revenge, But he who gets even with a German Is obliterated like a vermin
A lady wants to be dressed exactly like everybody else but she gets pretty up- set if she sees anybody else dressed exactly like her.
God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.
Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.
A cough is something that you yourself cant help, but everybody else does on purpose just to torment you.
It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important
Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I'm in Oz, Just trying to tell it like it was.
Progress may have been all right once, but it has gone on too long
Bankers are just like anybody else, except richer