Evan Esar

Evan Esar

Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) was an American humorist who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" 1943 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.fact|date=March 2008

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* [http://quotations.about.com/od/stillmorefamouspeople/a/evanesar1.htm Evan Esar Quotes]
* [http://www.quotationsbook.com/authors/2336/Evan_Esar Author details]


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