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
winning games opponents
You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.
wise wisdom unnecessary
A word to the wise is -- unnecessary.
wise wisdom becoming
The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.
divorce wit wit-and-wisdom
An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.
peculiar impossible ifs
The word impossible is peculiar because if you examine it closely, you'll find that most of it is possible.
blow people bottom
Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
mouths speech members
Some members of Congress ought to have their mouths taped instead of their speeches.
expectations littles expected
Do a little more every day than you are expected to do, and soon you will be expected to do more.
confusing sound experts
An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.
majority minorities congress
In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.
husband trying reform
The honeymoon is the only period when a woman isn't trying to reform her husband.
jewels consistency too-much
Consistency is a jewel, but too much jewelry is vulgar.
yesterday people effort
If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
dignity corpses
There is nothing more dignified than a corpse.