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Wednesday March 12th, 2025

Evan Esar Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 1, 1899
  • Died: Jan 1, 1995

Evan Esar was an American humorist who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" in 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and "20,000 Quips and Quotes" in 1968. He is known for quotes like "Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions." He also wrote The Legend of Joe Miller, which was privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by the Grabhorn Press in 1957.

His quotes are commonly found in Crossword puzzles.

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. business & science

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. business

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. hope

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. education, money & work

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it. home

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past. the future

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