Quote

After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.

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
Paying
Father
Left
Away
Give
Giving
Bride
Thing
Brides
Wedding

More quotes by 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
The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.
Evan Esar
Image
All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.
Evan Esar
Image
Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.
Evan Esar
Image
It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.
Evan Esar
Image
Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.
Evan Esar
Image
A homosexual is the only man who ever meets a man he would like to marry if he were a woman.
Evan Esar
Image
Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.
Evan Esar
Image
A bureaucrat is an official who is clothed with power and whom it doesn't fit.
Evan Esar
Image
Some people worry because they are in debt others, because they can't even get in.
Evan Esar
Image
The first requisite for a good cup of coffee in the morning is to get your wife out of bed.
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
To a teenager, it cannot be true love if her family approves of him.
Evan Esar
Image
A corporation has all the powers and privileges of an individual: all it lacks is a conscience.
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
Diets show to what great lengths women will go so as not to go to great widths.
Evan Esar
Image
If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
Evan Esar
Image
Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.
Evan Esar
Image
The most uncommon form of intelligence is common sense.
Evan Esar
Image
A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.
Evan Esar