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Ogden Nash is one of America's most popular humorists of the twentieth century and one of America's most quoted poets also. He has coined some of the most popular quotes such as Mr. Felten's favorite quote, "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." Nash combines satire, sharp wit, and unorthodox rhymes and has admitted to breaking every grammar law in the English language while making his poems and is well known for it also.
Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York in 1902 to parents of southern decent. His family was already well known all over that area because his great-great grandfather was the Governor of North Carolina during the American Revolution. Nashville, Tennessee was named for another of Nash's ancestors. Nash grew up on the East Coast of the United States to maintain his father's import-export business. He attended St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island from 1917-1920, upon graduation he attended Harvard University for one year. He then taught one year at......

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