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Quotes from Good Intentions — Ogden Nash

1902–1971 United States

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

Good Intentions (1942)

God in his wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.

Good Intentions (1942)

The further through life I drift
The more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.

Good Intentions (1942)

I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.

Good Intentions (1942)

Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.

Good Intentions (1942)

And the prospects for my future social life couldn't possibly be barrener.
Did I tell you that the prospects for my future social life couldn't be barrener?

Good Intentions (1942)

When people reject a truth or an untruth it is not because it is a truth or an untruth that they reject it.
No, if it isn't in accord with their beliefs in the first place they simply say, "Nothing doing," and refuse to inspect it.

Good Intentions (1942)

And I have no desire to get ugly,
But I cannot help mentioning that the door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.

Good Intentions (1942)

Naturally I am not pointing a finger at me,
But I must admit that I find Mr. Ickes or any other
speaker far more convincing when I agree with
him than when I disagree.

Good Intentions (1942)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ogden Nash (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.