753 Quotes by Evan Esar

It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.

A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other.

The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be a congressman.

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

Lecturers should remember that the capacity of the mind to absorb is limited to what the seat can endure.

The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.

The three chief causes of divorce are men, women, and marriage.

The man who avoids debt doesn't have to worry about avoiding his creditors.

A bureaucrat is an official who is clothed with power and whom it doesn't fit.