753 Quotes by Evan Esar

A man buys shoes to fit his feet; a woman, to fit the occasion.

Some impressive looking books are not as thick as their authors. Writers are often paid by the word, never by the thought.

Tact is the ability to shut your mouth before someone else does it for you.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

The bright sparkle of a diamond ring often renders a woman stone-blind to the defects of the man who gives it.

Memorial Day is a day set aside to decorate old graves of soldiers and to dig new ones for reckless drivers.

Anxiety is like sand in a oyster: a little produces a pearl, too much kills the creature.

Government of the people and for the people never seems to get along with the people.

Good musicians execute their music but bad ones murder it.