Ogden Nash Quotes

I have a bone to pick with Fate. Come here and tell me, girlie, Do you think my mind is maturing late, Or simply rotted early?

I’d ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross For giblet gravy and cranberry sauce, Two treats which are held in reserve by the waiter Till you’ve finished your turkey and mashed potater.

A man is quite dishonorable to sell himself, For anything other than quite a lot of pelf.

Malt does more than Hubbard did to help us look into the Id.

I drink because she nags, he said I nag because he drinks. But if the truth be known to you, He’s a lush and she’s a shrew.

Then here’s to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

A dog that is indoors, To be let out implores. You let him out and what then? He wants back in again.

The dog is man’s best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.

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.