Quote

The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

Evan Esar

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Make
Short
Listening
Stop
Story
Stories
Best
Long
Way

More quotes by Evan Esar

Image
A wedding is the formality a man has to go through before going to work for a new boss.
Evan Esar
Image
Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.
Evan Esar
Image
To a teenager, it cannot be true love if her family approves of him.
Evan Esar
Image
The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery--amputation at the neck.
Evan Esar
Image
The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.
Evan Esar
Image
Life is a game played on us while we are playing other games.
Evan Esar
Image
After wisdom comes wit.
Evan Esar
Image
All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.
Evan Esar
Image
Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
Evan Esar
Image
Etymology: from Latin ad-, to + visum, past participle of videre, to see. Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.
Evan Esar
Image
If you don't like to make excuses or apologies, stop making promises.
Evan Esar
Image
Many a man who goes to Las Vegas to get away from it all soon finds that Las Vegas gets it all away from him.
Evan Esar
Image
Many a woman would get a divorce if she could do it without making her husband happy.
Evan Esar
Image
Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.
Evan Esar
Image
The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.
Evan Esar
Image
If you want to know how little your dignity is worth, take it to the pawnbroker.
Evan Esar
Image
Do a little more every day than you are expected to do, and soon you will be expected to do more.
Evan Esar
Image
A man picks a wife about the same way an apple picks a farmer.
Evan Esar
Image
A home in the country is what a city man hopes to buy and a farmer hopes to sell.
Evan Esar
Image
Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.
Evan Esar