Evan Esar > Quotes

“Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.”
― Evan Esar

“Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.”
― Evan Esar

“Many a man who falls in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.”
― Evan Esar

“Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.”
― Evan Esar

“Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.”
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“Admiration: Our feeling of delight that another person resembles us.”
― Evan Esar

“A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
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― Evan Esar

“America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.”
― Evan Esar

“We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth.”
― Evan Esar

“Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.”
― Evan Esar

“Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.”
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“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow”
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“The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.”
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“Zoo: An excellent lace to study the habits of human beings”
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“Let those who want to, arrive
Let those who want to, leave
Let those who want to, stay
With out harm to me or mine ”
― Evan Esar

“Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.”
― Evan Esar

“Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.”
― Evan Esar

“Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either. ”
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“The trouble with child training is that parents teach their children not how to behave, but how not to behave.”
― Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips & Quotes

“Χαρακτήρας είναι αυτό που σου μένει όταν χάσεις όλα όσα θα μπορούσες να χάσεις.”
― Evan Esar

“Setelah kebijaksanaan akan muncul kebahagiaan.”
― Evan Esar

“Character is what you have when you've lost everything you can loose.”
― Evan Esar

“All things come to him who waits, but they are mostly leftovers from those who didn't wait.”
― Evan Esar

“Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind”
― Evan Esar

“A signature always reveals a man's character -and sometimes even his name.”
― Evan Esar

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ~quoted in 20,000 Quips & Quotes (1995), often erroneously attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo”
― Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips & Quotes

“Uma assinatura revela sempre o caráter de uma pessoa - e, às vezes, até o seu nome”
― Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips & Quotes