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
perspective unhappy want
Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.
your-smile beautiful-smile i-smile
You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.
math simple circles
[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.
girl men past
The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
equality cemetery
The only place where you can find equality is in the cemetery.
remember bride-and-groom brides
Every bride and groom would do well to remember that in wedding, the we comes before the I.
family mother children
Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.
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.
envy world watches
When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.
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.
trying faces bears
If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.
husband regret fees
Many a husband lives to regret the extravagant fee he bestowed upon the minister who sentenced him.