Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

15 quotes

Ogden Nash, an American poet, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Beyond his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces, Ogden Nash proved equally skilled at capturing ideas in a sentence or two. 22 of Ogden Nash's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Happiness, Women, Money, Marriage, and Hope. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Women would rather be right than reasonable."

“Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”

— Ogden Nash

Age

All Quotes by Ogden Nash

“Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?”

— Ogden Nash

Funny

“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

Money

“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.”

— Ogden Nash

Parenting

“Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.”

— Ogden Nash

Happiness

“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

Morning

“The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.”

— Ogden Nash

Pet

“A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.”

— Ogden Nash

Family

“Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”

— Ogden Nash

Age

“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.”

— Ogden Nash

Age

“Women would rather be right than reasonable.”

— Ogden Nash

Women

“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

Love

“Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.”

— Ogden Nash

Marriage

“The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.”

— Ogden Nash

Happiness

“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

Happiness

“I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.”

— Ogden Nash

Hope