Nocyclopedia/IdiotPoetia/Quotes

"Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts."
 * ~ Ezra Pound

"I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them."
 * ~ Ezra Pound

"There once was a brainy baboon, who always breathed down a bassoon, for he said, 'It appears, that in billions of years, I shall certainly hit on a tune.'"
 * ~ Ezra Pound

"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"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."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up."
 * ~ Ogden Nash

"There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read IdiotPoetia."
 * ~ Oscar Wilde

"I never travel without my poetry. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
 * ~ Oscar Wilde

"Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I'll draw a sketch of thee, What kind of pencil shall I use? 2B or not 2B?"
 * ~ Spike Milligan

"you know why i hate women dont you"
 * ~ e e cummings