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
differences normal different
If you want to be different nowadays, just act normal.
expectations unexpected sometimes
Sometimes the unexpected happens when you don't expect a person to come up to expectations.
dance firsts modern
The modern dance is no dance in the first place, and when you've finally learned it, it's not modern any more.
long listening stories
The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.
laughter medicine needs
The only medicine that needs no prescription, has no unpleasant taste, and costs no money is laughter.
laughter laughing world
Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.
pants cards credit
Nowadays it's not who wears the pants in the family, but who carries the credit cards.
credit cowardice conscience
Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.
two vegas income
Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven.
talking listening easy
A bore finds it easy to start talking, and even easier to get others to stop listening.
church care lightning
The Lord takes care of his own, but church trustees still put lightning rods on the steeple.
laziness world trouble
The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.
laziness tongue
When laziness attacks a woman, it always avoids her tongue.
vacation like-love nostalgia
A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia.