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More Quotes by Ogden Nash
Celery, raw, Develops the jaw
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.
The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.
Wind is caused by the trees waving their branches.
Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less you lead, the more you're driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed, The more you pay, the more they need, 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.
Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves.
Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.
Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world.
