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
husband trying reform
The honeymoon is the only period when a woman isn't trying to reform her husband.
husband may never-forget
A husband may forget where he went on his honeymoon, but he never forgets why.
husband boyish figures
Women diet to retain their girlish figures or their boyish husbands.
husband divorce ifs
Many a woman would get a divorce if she could do it without making her husband happy.
husband regret fees
Many a husband lives to regret the extravagant fee he bestowed upon the minister who sentenced him.
husband fire funny-wedding-toast
A husband is like a fire. He goes out when unattended.
inspirational home doe
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.
character personality lost-everything
Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.
vacation like-love nostalgia
A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia.
disappointment today tomorrow
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
ego growing egotism
Ego: The only thing that can keep growing without nourishment.
laziness tongue
When laziness attacks a woman, it always avoids her tongue.
laziness world trouble
The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.
needs loan lending
You can always make a loan at a bank if you can show sufficient evidence that you don't need it.