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
expectations unexpected sometimes
Sometimes the unexpected happens when you don't expect a person to come up to expectations.
language sometimes instruments
An instrument that sometimes expresses thought, sometimes obscures thought, but most often replaces thought.
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.
talking listening easy
A bore finds it easy to start talking, and even easier to get others to stop listening.
confusing sound experts
An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.
husband trying reform
The honeymoon is the only period when a woman isn't trying to reform her husband.
apology promise excuse
If you don't like to make excuses or apologies, stop making promises.