Evan Esar
Evan Esar
Evan Esarwas an American humorist who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" in 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and "20,000 Quips and Quotes" in 1968. He is known for quotes like "Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions." He also wrote The Legend of Joe Miller, which was privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by the Grabhorn Press in 1957...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
cat animal next
The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance how it will ignore you the next time.
fall winter canada
Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.
men homosexual ifs
A homosexual is the only man who ever meets a man he would like to marry if he were a woman.
blow people bottom
Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
doors people trying
There would be no population explosion if people who are trying to keep the wolf from the door wouldn't let the stork fly in through the window.
worry people fats
Worry makes people thin, except when they worry about being fat.
work men burying
Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work.
loss bitter obituary
It's not the loss of life that makes the death bitter -- it's the obituaries.
work men willing
Some men are so eager for success that they are even willing to work for it.
long listening stories
The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.
majority minorities congress
In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.
jewels consistency too-much
Consistency is a jewel, but too much jewelry is vulgar.
things-in-life cooking looks
The saddest thing in life is to marry a woman who looks like a cook--and isn't.
corporations privilege individual
A corporation has all the powers and privileges of an individual: all it lacks is a conscience.