Ogden Nash Quotes
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.
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Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi;Consider the Empire and Gandhi.
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Women would rather be right than reasonable.
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A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
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Oh, things are frequently what they seem,And this is wisdom's crown:Only the game fish swims upstream,But the sensible fish swims down.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut. Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverend occiput. Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l__ns, Smite h_p and th_gh, We'll all be Kansas By and by.
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When called by a panther,Don't anther.
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The giant was hairy, the giant was horrid,He had one eye in the middle of his forehead.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin,That lays eggs under your skin.
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
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No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.
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Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech.
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Fear not the thunder, little one.It's weather, simply weather;It's friendly giants full of funClapping their hands together.
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Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.
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The further through life I driftThe more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.
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I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine.