Ogden Nash Men Quotations

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch.

The old men know when an old man dies.

The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath.

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

There was a young man of Herne Bay who was making some fireworks one day: but he dropped his cigar in the gunpowder jar. There was a young man of Herne Bay.

The doctor gets you when you're born, The preacher, when you marry, And the lawyer lurks with costly clerks If too much on you carry. Professional men, they have no cares; Whatever happens, they get theirs.

I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.

Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!

People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. Old men are different. People look At them with eyes that wonder when ... People watch with unshocked eyes; But the old men know when an old man dies.

A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like an overloaded omnibus.

Man is a victim of dope in the incurable form of hope.