Evan Esar Professions : American humorist Born : 1899 Died : 1995 Browse All Authors Top 211 quotes by 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 money education believe Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration. Evan Esar strength motivational inspirational Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind. Evan Esar anger mind feelings Experience is a great teacher, and sometimes a pretty teacher is a great experience. Evan Esar teaching education teacher You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile. Evan Esar i-smile beautiful-smile your-smile 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 family mother children In a democracy, you believe it or not; in a dictatorship, you believe it or else. Evan Esar democracy dictatorship believe Nothing ages your car as much as the sight of your neighbor's new one. Evan Esar car age sight There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece. Evan Esar kind leadership two Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. Evan Esar vocabulary communication art When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers. Evan Esar envy watches world The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal. Evan Esar laziness trouble world Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. Evan Esar guilt mother boys Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose. Evan Esar lost-everything personality character The best way to spoil a good story is by sticking to the facts. Evan Esar stories facts way Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. Evan Esar statistics math science Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them. Evan Esar thinking-about-you vanity people The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams Evan Esar traffic car jam Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Evan Esar statistics definitions business The difference between us and other people is that their money looks bigger and their troubles smaller. Evan Esar differences people looks
