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
exercise car people
Some people would never get any exercise at all if they didn't have to walk to their cars.
peculiar impossible ifs
The word impossible is peculiar because if you examine it closely, you'll find that most of it is possible.
done said
Somebody is always doing something that somebody else said couldn't be done.
way want reactionaries
Reactionary: One who wants the rules enforced so nobody can take his pile away from him the way he got it from others.
pay housewife
All work and no pay makes a housewife.
art littles sound
Eloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible.
mouths speech members
Some members of Congress ought to have their mouths taped instead of their speeches.
trying faces bears
If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.
cat animal next
The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance how it will ignore you the next time.
fall winter canada
Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.
men homosexual ifs
A homosexual is the only man who ever meets a man he would like to marry if he were a woman.
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.