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Quotes from I'm a Stranger Here Myself — Ogden Nash

1902–1971 United States

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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

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

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.:
That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it,
Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

There is one thing that ought to be taught in all the colleges,
Which is that people ought to be taught not to go around always making apologies.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

Listen, buds, it's March twenty first;
Don't you know enough to burst?
Come on, birds, unlock your throats!
Come on, gardeners, shed your coats!

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

Whether elected or appointed
He considers himself the Lord's annointed,
And indeed the ointment lingers on him
So thick you can't get your fingers on him.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

Oh, sometimes I sit around and think, what would you do if you were up a dark alley and there was Caesar Borgia,
And he was coming torgia…

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

And I also say Pooh for sweetness and light,
And if you want to get the most out of life, why the thing to do is to be a gossiper by day and gossipee by night.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

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