Quote

The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions

Ogden Nash

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Distinguish
Proper
Actions
Inspiration
Action
Way
Improper
Fractions

More quotes by Ogden Nash

Image
One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
Ogden Nash
Image
The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
Ogden Nash
Image
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Ogden Nash
Image
There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart that dictates my decision.'
Ogden Nash
Image
The old men know when an old man dies.
Ogden Nash
Image
A bit of talcum Is always walcum.
Ogden Nash
Image
Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends, than the foam at the top of the stein. Then here's to the heartening wassail, wherever good fellows are found Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.
Ogden Nash
Image
Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.
Ogden Nash
Image
The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take, If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.
Ogden Nash
Image
When there are monsters there are miracles.
Ogden Nash
Image
It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important
Ogden Nash
Image
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
Image
I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.
Ogden Nash
Image
It is my duty, gentlemen, to inform you that women are dictators all, and I recommend to you this moral: In real life it takes only one to make a quarrel.
Ogden Nash
Image
One thing that literature would be greatly the better for Would be a more restricted employment by authors of simile and>metaphor.
Ogden Nash
Image
You can take it as understood, That your luck changes only if it's good.
Ogden Nash
Image
Too much Chablis can make you whablis.
Ogden Nash
Image
Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.
Ogden Nash
Image
Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.
Ogden Nash
Image
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.
Ogden Nash