753 Quotes by Evan Esar

Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers.

When laziness attacks a woman, it always avoids her tongue.

It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.

The trouble with the world is that laziness is seldom curable and never fatal.

A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.

You can always make a loan at a bank if you can show sufficient evidence that you don't need it.

A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.

A bore finds it easy to start talking, and even easier to get others to stop listening.

An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.