Evan Esar Famous Quotes
"Walking isn't a lost art -- one must, by some means, get to the garage."
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
"Statistician A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either."
America believes in education the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Statistics The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
"Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them."
Evan Esar Quotations
I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.
Julius Irving
"The unfit die -- the fit both live and thrive. Alas, who say so They who do survive."
Sarah N Cleghorn
"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone."
The Dhammapada
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
Robert Burton
"When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence So sweet is zealous contemplation."
William Shakespeare
"The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."
1 Peter 478 Bible
"...obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken."
Adolf Hitler
"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be."
Clementine Paddleford
Follow the grain in your own wood.
Howard Thurman
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience of 4000 critics.
Mark Twain