Ogden Nash Quotes (page 2)

1902–1971, American Humorous Poet · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“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.''”
Suicide
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“If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.”
Wives
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“Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.”
Marriage
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“I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.”
News
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“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.”
Charity
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“Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!”
Office
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