They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread lines, and they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball

Quote by Ogden Nash

Topics: Charity Quotes, Newspapers Quotes

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.

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...

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to...

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the...

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...

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...

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you...

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 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...

Door: What a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Door: What a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Too clever is dumb.

Too clever is dumb.

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

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