Ogden Nash
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Science Quotes by Ogden Nash (2)

God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
— Ogden Nash
'The Fly' (1942), Good Intentions (1943), 220.
See also:  |  Fly (10)  |  Forget (5)  |  God (131)  |  Tell (4)  |  Wisdom (44)

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.
— Ogden Nash
Good Intentions (1942), 261. In Gary William Flake, The Computational Beauty of Nature (2000), 261.
See also:  |  Evolution (237)  |  Insect (20)  |  Termite (2)  |  Wood (4)


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