Ogden Nash Quotes

The song of canariesNever varies,And when they're moultingThey're pretty revolting.

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• I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Myself
  • Fire
  • Tried

• I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.'

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Remember
  • Think
  • Pretty

• I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Work
  • Pretty
  • Me

• I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Good
  • Women
  • Game

• I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Song
  • Eyes
  • Better

• I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Good
  • Great
  • Pretty

• My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Pretty

• When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Song
  • Hand
  • Teacher

• I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Song
  • Words

• I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Up
  • Pretty

• What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Important
  • Fun
  • Pretty

• If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Time
  • Long
  • Song

• 'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Song
  • Moments
  • Learn

• I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Future
  • Song
  • Past

• There are no rules to writing a song.

  

  Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Rules

• Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty produce is profitable and jump into the mix.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Pretty
  • Mom
  • Deep

• Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away everything from it and have it be equally as entertaining and good without the bells and whistles.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Good
  • Song
  • Guitar

• I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

  

  James L. Brooks
  • Pretty
  • Funny

• Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the smallest thing can have a huge impact. Somebody has to make the decision that there's a better song in there if there's less.

  

  Chris Cornell Audioslave
  • Song
  • Decision
  • Sometimes

• I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Life
  • You
  • Liar

• The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him.

  

  George A. Moore
  • Life
  • World
  • Good

• Before we can begin to see the cross as something done FOR us, leading us to faith and worship, we have to see it as something done BY us, leading us to repentance. Only the man or woman who is prepared to own his share in the guilt of the cross may claim his share in its grace.

  

  C. J. Mahaney
  • Done
  • May
  • Faith

• The song of canariesNever varies,And when they're moultingThey're pretty revolting.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Pretty
  • Song