Ogden Nash Quotes

Progress might have been all right once, but it’s gone on too long. Ogden Nash

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash

Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Ogden Nash

Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore,
And that’s what parents were created for.
Ogden Nash

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. Ogden Nash

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. Ogden Nash

The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it’s always a cat. Ogden Nash

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. Ogden Nash

Basketball, a game which won’t be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo. Ogden Nash

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind. Ogden Nash

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. Ogden Nash