Every new year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals? Ogden Nash More Quotes by Ogden Nash More Quotes From Ogden Nash Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker. Ogden Nash drinkingbeerfunny Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That’s the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Snow is snowy when it’s snowing, I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going. Ogden Nash kingssorrywinter The oboe's a horn made of wood. Ogden Nash painblowwind Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how. Ogden Nash wowknowswant People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Ogden Nash sarcasmfunnypeople Tonight's December thirty-first, something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year! Ogden Nash ducksdarkchildren The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor. Ogden Nash adversitykindtrouble It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin, Ogden Nash omissioneggsskins When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. Ogden Nash grandchildrengrandmothergrandma Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road. Ogden Nash john-brownslabsbrown Too much Chablis can make you whablis. Ogden Nash too-muchwine I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash insouciancenonchalanceleisure No, you never get any fun Ogden Nash donefunchildren A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. Ogden Nash illiteracydogfunny When I ponder my mind I consistently find It is glued On food. Ogden Nash ponderingmindfood People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. Old men are different. People look At them with eyes that wonder when ... People watch with unshocked eyes; But the old men know when an old man dies. Ogden Nash eyemenpeople One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence. Ogden Nash another-manperspectivemen Love is a word that is constantly heard, Ogden Nash hateartschool Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope. Ogden Nash dopehopemen If some confectioners were willing Ogden Nash encounterschocolateshapes
