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I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.


David Ogden Stiers

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OGDEN NASH Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They...
CHARLES OGDEN He worked as hard as any other pilot, and his stick and throttle are above most others.
CLAY OGDEN Every Englishman knows one thing - that to be an Englishman is the best thing there is.
OGDEN NASH It'll be no picnic. We're going to have to shoot the ball better or it's going to be a long afternoo...
BUD OGDEN The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk
OGDEN NASH And one of his partners asked ''Has he vertigo?'' and the other glanced out and down and said ''Oh n...
OGDEN NASH One would be in less danger from the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith were more fun t...
OGDEN NASH Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for
OGDEN NASH An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no...
OGDEN NASH Cab drivers are living proof that practice does not make perfect
HOWARD OGDEN Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind, But it is very difficult to treat because it cannot even...
OGDEN NASH The guy can just roll the rock. The putt he made on 17 was something. The way he has it going right ...
CLAY OGDEN