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.
men trying heredity
Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment; and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.
men lazy-man trying
The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.
trying faces bears
If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.
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.
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.