Evan Esar Quotes

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

Evan Esar

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• Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • Think
  • Doing

• What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • Think
  • Doing
  • Matters

• I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.

  

  Ralph Boston
  • Good
  • Think
  • Competition

• No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Think
  • Generation
  • Dinosaur

• But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.

  

  Sam Donaldson
  • Think
  • Confidence
  • Yourself

• I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Time
  • Love
  • Think

• I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Think
  • Me
  • Chance

• I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

  

  Barbara Kopple
  • People
  • Important
  • Think

• Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Bad
  • Think

• I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Think
  • Career
  • Start

• I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Business
  • America
  • Think

• I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Think
  • Faith
  • Poetry

• I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

  

  Harland Williams
  • People
  • Character
  • Think

• When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • People
  • Think
  • Keep

• I don't think fashion is evil.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Think
  • Fashion
  • Evil

• I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Great
  • Think
  • Company

• I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.

  

  Eddie Cahill
  • Think
  • Support
  • Learn

• I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Think
  • Evil
  • Choose

• The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Think
  • Me
  • Greatest

• I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Think
  • Working
  • Thrive

• All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • People
  • Different
  • Man

• The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.

  

  Randy Owen
  • People
  • Work
  • Happy

• An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

  

  Walter Winchell
  • Lion
  • Optimist
  • Scenery

• Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Think
  • Insulting
  • Spoke