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Famous Quotes By Ogden Nash

Famous quotes made by the American poet, Ogden Nash. He was born in New York on August 19, 1902 and died in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 19, 1971.

Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid responsibility?

Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

A little incompatiblity is the spice of life, particularly if he has income and she is pattable.

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

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'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem and all four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damndest to get them working again. I trust you are not in too much distress.'
Eric Moody, BA 747 captain, reporting to his passengers, July 1982 (The engines restarted 90 seconds later)

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