Patty Duke Quotes


A little incompatibility is the spice of life, as long as he has income and she is pattable. Ogden Nash Marriage 188
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. Ogden Nash Happy 160
Family: A unit composed not only of children, but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash Family 156
You are only young once but you can stay immature indefinitely. Ogden Nash Youth 120
Merry Christmas, Nearly Everybody! Ogden Nash Holidays 110
The trouble with a kitten is That Eventually it becomes a Cat. Ogden Nash Animals 110
Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not? Look at pot. Ogden Nash Advertising 106
Some pains are physical and some pains are mental but the one thats both is dental. Ogden Nash Pain 100
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. Ogden Nash Progress 98
Parsley is gharsley. Ogden Nash Food 98
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash Family 93
Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind. Ogden Nash Forgiveness 91
Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. Ogden Nash Seasons 83
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash Life 83
Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Ogden Nash Age 82
And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more. Ogden Nash Suicide 81
I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things have been going right for so many of the wrong persons. Ogden Nash News 81
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash Leisure 80
Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope. Ogden Nash Hope 80
Candy, is dandy, but Liquor, is quicker. Ogden Nash AlcoholAlcoholism 79
The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk. Ogden Nash Cow 76
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. Ogden Nash Children 75
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Ogden Nash Parenting 74
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late. Ogden Nash Bed 74
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience, or none at all. Ogden Nash Happiness 73
If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work. Ogden Nash Work 73
No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed. Ogden Nash Grief 71
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them. Ogden Nash Marriage 70
He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale While he whos served a heavy sentence Renews the racket not repentance. Ogden Nash Crime 70
The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift. Ogden Nash Money 69
Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility? Ogden Nash Responsibility 69
The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin. Ogden Nash Sin 64
Some primal termite knocked on wood;and tasted it, and found it good.That is why your Cousin Mayfell through the parlor floor today. Ogden Nash Insects 63
Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs. Ogden Nash Professionalism 63
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one who never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them. Ogden Nash Marriage 63
Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money? Ogden Nash Funny 63
The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. Ogden Nash Happy 62
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Ogden Nash Age 62
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. Ogden Nash Dogs 60
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Ogden Nash Money 59
There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful, And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends. Ogden Nash Forgiveness 56
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 News 55
The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. Ogden Nash Pet 53
Too clever is dumb. Ogden Nash Clever 52
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. Ogden Nash Conscience 51
Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. Ogden Nash Life 50
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up. Ogden Nash Marriage 50
Indoors or out, no one relaxesIn March, that month of wind and taxes,The wind will presently disappear,The taxes last us all year. Ogden Nash Taxation 45
I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. Ogden Nash Conscience 39
How easy for those who do not bulge to not overindulge! Ogden Nash Diets 35

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