Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was 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". Ogden Nash wrote over 500 pieces of comic verse. The best of his work was published in 14 volumes between 1931 and 1972.
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Famous quotes by ogden nash:
“Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
“And one of his partners asked ‘Has he vertigo?’ and the other glanced out and down and said ‘Oh no, only about ten feet more.’”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
“No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud,
Their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
“Here is a pen and here is a pencil,
Here’s a typewriter, here’s a stencil,
Here is a list of today’s appointments,
And all the flies in all the ointments,
The daily woes that a man endures—
Take them, George, they’re yours!”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
“Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,
I’ll stare at something less prepoceros.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)