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
worry people debt
Some people worry because they are in debt; others, because they can't even get in.
yesterday people effort
If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
divorce play people
Divorce is the price people play for playing with matches.
people more-time bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.
thinking-about-you vanity people
Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.
people communism form
Communism is a form of society where the less people have to eat, the more they have to swallow.
exercise car people
Some people would never get any exercise at all if they didn't have to walk to their cars.
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.
fighting people battle
Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed.
people congress conform
About the only time Congress conforms to the will of the people is when it decides to adjourn.
people giving congress
Congress would give the people what they wanted if the people knew what they wanted, and if Congress could give it to them.
people prison dictatorship
Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.