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
car jam traffic
The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams
math simple circles
[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.
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Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.
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It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all over the highway.
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Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
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Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.
love-is hands age
This may be the age of automation, but love is still being made by hand.
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Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.
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A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
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The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.
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Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
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There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.
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Some couples divorce because of a misunderstandin g; others, because they understand each other too well.
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.