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Evan Esar
American
Writer
About the author
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Science
#Facts
A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#HusbFire
A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Name
Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Character
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#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,
American
Writer
#Money
#America
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Hope
#Today
#Disappointment
#Tomorrow
The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Past
#Man
#Future
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,
American
Writer
#Man
#Lie
Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Study
#Habits
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#First
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.
Evan Esar,
American
Writer
#Woman
#Housework