Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nashwas an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry". Nash wrote over 500 pieces of comic verse. The best of his work was published in 14 volumes between 1931 and 1972...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 August 1902
CityTown Of Rye, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Every new year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.