Ogden Nash Quotes
We love the kindly wind and hail,The jolly thunderbolt,We watch in glee the fairy trailOf ampere, watt, and volt.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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There is a tendency to underestimate the power of what we can do without words. Sometimes you can make a scene even more powerful and precise without dialogue.
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People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
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No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
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Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
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I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
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I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. 'Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette,' she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.
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We love the kindly wind and hail,The jolly thunderbolt,We watch in glee the fairy trailOf ampere, watt, and volt.
