Ogden Nash Quotes

1902–1971, American Humorous Poet · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope.”
Verified"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935). · evidenceDetails & citeHope
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“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
Verified"A Dog's Best Friend Is His Illiteracy" in The Private Dining Room (1953) · evidenceDetails & citeDogs
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“Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?”
Verified"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935) · evidenceDetails & citeNew Year
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“No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.”
Verified"Look for the Silver Lining" · evidenceDetails & citeGrief
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“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.”
Verified"A Word to Husbands" in Marriage Lines (1964) · evidenceDetails & citeMarriage
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“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.”
Verified"Most Doctors Recommend or Yours For Fast Fast Fast Relief" in The Old Dog Barks Backwards (1972) · evidenceDetails & citeAdvertising
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“Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year.”
Verified"Thar She Blows" · evidenceDetails & citeSeasons
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“I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.”
Verified"The Terrible People" · evidenceDetails & citeRiches
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“Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday. No wonder you feel that lost sensation. You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.”
Verified"We'll All Feel Better By Wednesday" · evidenceDetails & citeWeekends
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“Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.”
Progress
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“The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.”
Sin
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“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.”
Wages
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“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.”
Parents and Parenting
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“A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.”
Husbands
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“There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is enjoy earning it.”
Marriage
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“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.”
Conscience
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