Quotations by Evan Esar
Evan Esar: American Humorist (1899 - 1995)
wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" 1943, editor of "The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" 1949, "20,000 Quips and Quotes" 1968
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.