IT IS THE UNCENSORED SENSE OF HUMOR . . .WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE THERAPY FOR MAN IN SOCIETY. EVAN ESAR
PEACE COMES FROM WITHIN.
THE FINAL MYSTERY IS ONESELF. When one has weighed the sun in the balance and measured the steps of the moon and mapped out the seven heavens star by star there still remains oneself. OSCAR WILDE
EVAN ESAR 1899-1995 “20,000 Quips & Quotes”, “Esar’s Comic Dictionary” “The Comic Encyclopedia” “The Humor of Humor”
YOU ARE NOT FULLY DRESSED UNTIL YOU WEAR A SMILE.
SUCCESS is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.
ANGER is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.
WE can’t do much about the length of our lives but we can do plenty about its width and depth.
THERE are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock and those who are interested in the fleece.
IN DEMOCRACY YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT; IN A DICTATORSHIP YOU BELIEVE IT OR ELSE.
IF you want to be different noways, just act normal.
THE DISADVANTAGE of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you’ve been.
THE ONLY PLACE where you can find equality is in the cemetery.
SOME couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others because they understand each other too well.
EGO: THE ONLY THING THAT CAN KEEP GROWING WITHOUT NOURISHMENT.
Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.
IF it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
FRANKLIN P. ADAMS 1881-1960. “Innocent Merriment””So Much Velvet”. “Toboanaing On Parnasus””The Melancholy Lute”
ELECTIONS are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
HEALTH is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.
NOTHING is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
I FIND that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU CAN MISS BEFORE YOU TRY.
THE TROUBLE with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
SEEING OURSELVES as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.