Ogden Nash - "The Pig"

The Pig, if I am not mistaken,
Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon.
Let others say his heart is big,
I think it stupid of the Pig.
Ogden Nash
When there are monsters there are miracles.
Ogden Nash
The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher,
Were each of them once a kiddie.
A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature.
Do I want one? God Forbiddie!
Ogden Nash - "Reflections on Ice-Breaking"
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
Ogden Nash
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
Ogden Nash
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
Ogden Nash
Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
Ogden Nash
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash
Nietsche is Pietsche."
Ogden Nash
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.
Ogden Nash
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash
He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.
Ogden Nash
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash
Progress might have been all right once, but it went on too long.

- Ogden Nash - "The Pig"