Evan Esar Quotes

A signature always reveals a man’s character – and sometimes even his name.

– 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

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

Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.

– Evan Esar

A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much.

– Evan Esar

A husband is like a fire – he goes out when unattended.

– Evan Esar

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

– Evan Esar

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn’t done it.

– Evan Esar

The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.

– Evan Esar

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

– Evan Esar

Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment.

– Evan Esar

Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.

– Evan Esar