Ogden Nash Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Ogden Nash quotes, Ogden Nash sayings, and Ogden Nash proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. Ogden Nash
One would be in less danger / From the wiles of the stranger / If one's own kin and kith / Were more fun to be with. Ogden Nash
Duty, oh duty, / Why are thou not a / Sweetie or a cutie. Ogden Nash
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. Ogden Nash
Senescence begins / And middle-age ends, / The day your descendants / Outnumber your friends. Ogden Nash
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes, we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret. We make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late. Ogden Nash
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. Ogden Nash
If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work. Ogden Nash
A family is a unit composed not only of children, but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash
There is something about a martini, Ere the dining and dancing begin, And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth- I think that perhaps it's the gin. Ogden Nash
Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force. Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming / With love in the loving cup, / Whenever you're wrong, admit it / Whenever you're right shut up. Ogden Nash
May I join you in the doghouse, Rover? / I wish to retire till the party's over. / Since three o'clock I've done my best / To entertain each tiny guest. Ogden Nash
Poets aren't very useful. Because they aren't consumable or very produceful. Ogden Nash
At the very glimpse of Jack-o'-lantern, / I've got one foot on the bus to Scranton / When Halloween next delivers the goods, / You may duck for apples— I'll duck for the woods. Ogden Nash
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash
Oh what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. Ogden Nash
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, / And that's what parents were created for. Ogden Nash