"Hark to the whimper of the seagull. /……" — Ogden Nash
"Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull. / Suppose you were, you silly seagull. / Could you explain it to your she-gull?"
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160 Quotes by Ogden Nash
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God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.
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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.
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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.
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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we…
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Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed…
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Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the…
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