Evan Esar Quotes


"A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended."
- Evan Esar
(Related: HusbFire)

"A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Name)

"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Character)

"A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Character, Man, Name)

"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Money, America)

"Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Hope, Disappointment, Today, Tomorrow)

"The girl with a future avoids a man with a past."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Future, Man, Past)

"Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Lie, Man)

"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Habits, Study)

"The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last."
- Evan Esar
(Related: First)

"Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it."
- Evan Esar
(Related: Housework, Woman)