Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

Quote by Ogden Nash

Topics: Ogden Nash Quotes

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what...

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless...

Daybreak is one of the greatest disadvantages of living under the solar system: It means...

Daybreak is one of the greatest disadvantages of living under the solar system: It means...

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit...

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick...

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era...

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we...

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so...

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so...

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

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

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

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to...

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to...