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
science men technology
A bacteriologist is a man whose conversation always start with the germ of an idea.
eye mouths pay
Some taxpayers close their eyes, some stop their ears, some shut their mouths, but all pay through the nose.
giving advice use
The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself.
ham doe actors
Many an actor does the stage more ham than good.
science technology statistics
[Statistics] Fiction in its most uninteresting form.
brother men differences
There is a lot of difference between the man who is not able and his brother who is notable.
doctors giving judging
You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.
should chiefs ability
The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.
funny children asking-questions
Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers.
wisdom men affair
It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.
sides compromise settlement
A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.
cat milk cry
A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.
divorce wit wit-and-wisdom
An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.
wise wisdom becoming
The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.