Ogden Nash Quotes

Line-Up for Yesterday’ A is for Alex The great Alexander; More Goose eggs he pitched Than a popular gander. B is for Bresnahan Back of the plate; The Cubs were his love, and McGraw his hate. C is for Cobb, Who grew spikes and not corn, And made all the basemen Wish they weren’t born. […]

Bankers are just like anybody else, except richer.

The banker: I’m an autocratic figure in these democratic states. I’m a dandy demonstration of hereditary traits. As the children of the baker bake the most delicious breads, As the sons of Casanova fill the most exclusive beds, As the Barrymores, the Roosevelts, and others I could name Inherited the talents that perpetuate their fame, […]

I like Pullman cars on trains, But not on highways, even highways with eight lanes. Whether driving their offspring to the school house or to a Christmas revel, People really don’t need a vehicle the size of a range house or a split-level. And even on longer trips it’s hard to keep money in the […]

The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.

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

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it.