And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs. Ogden Nash More Quotes by Ogden Nash More Quotes From Ogden Nash Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways. Ogden Nash wrathdogtime To Tom Carlson or his dog-depending on whose taste it best suits. Ogden Nash trainingtastedog I myself am more and more inclined to agree with Omar and Satchel Paige as I grow older: Don't try to rewrite what the moving finger has writ, and don't ever look over your shoulder. Ogden Nash over-youagreementmoving No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed. Ogden Nash pitsgriefdark There are two kinds of people who blow through life like a breeze, Ogden Nash blowkindnesstwo The reason for much matrimony is patrimony. Ogden Nash matrimonymarriagereason Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's 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 officetypewritersmen I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons. Ogden Nash wrong-personerasnews A lady is known by the product she endorses. Ogden Nash knownproducts It is my duty, gentlemen, to inform you that women are dictators Ogden Nash womengentlemanreal Some hate broccoli, some hate bacon I hate having my picture taken. How can your family claim to love you And then demand a picture of you? Ogden Nash hatetakenlove-you The song of canaries Ogden Nash canariesvarysong Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer. Ogden Nash moneybankers He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more Ogden Nash drunk Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited. Ogden Nash moneypeople To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you're proper, shut up. Ogden Nash cupsshut-up The noblest lord is ushered in By the practicing physician, And the humblest lout is ushered out By a certified mortician. And in between, they find their foyers Alive with summonses from lawyers. Ogden Nash foyersphysiciansalive I was born a jackdaw; why should I try to be an owl? Ogden Nash bornowltrying Any kiddie in school can love like a fool, But Hating, my boy, is an Art. Ogden Nash hateartschool Some primal termite knocked on wood. Ogden Nash cousinmayscience
