Evan Esar Quotes

Divorce is the price people play for playing with matches.

Evan Esar

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• Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • You
  • Child
  • Divorce

• I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Work
  • Always
  • Wanted

• In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Age
  • Earth
  • Google

• The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Heaven
  • Religion
  • Bible

• Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.

  

  Victor Davis Hanson
  • World
  • America
  • Nation

• The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • People
  • American
  • Security

• I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • People
  • Thought
  • Shoes

• A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Never
  • Feelings
  • Gentleman

• I just want other people to know the kind of joy that I have in my life. I want other people to be able to have fun.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Life
  • Fun

• I know how to hit a mark without looking. I instinctively know where my eye line should be. That's all 100%. But your character and the story are always different, so the emotional part is not muscle memory. You're still surprised by stuff and get the adrenaline.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Different
  • Character
  • Emotional

• I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• It is of him, ephebe, to make, to confect The final elegance, not to console Nor sanctify, but plainly to propound.

  

  Wallace Stevens

• Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are.

  

  Labrinth LSD
  • Different
  • Cool
  • Perception

• People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to change speeds to get around people.

  

  Kawhi Leonard
  • People
  • Game

• I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each book, but for me, writing has always been a very character-driven process.

  

  Emily Giffin
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Book

• One mistake, your winning streak is over and you've got to start over again. But you have to be optimistic in life, and I find that it's also beautiful, because if things are too predictable, that sucks, too, right?

  

  Alistair Overeem
  • Life
  • Beautiful
  • Winning

• A rule of thumb is that the best investors focus on losers, and the winners take care of themselves.

  

  Omar Amanat
  • Focus

• I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.

  

  John Hughes
  • Country
  • Movie

• In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor.

  

  Emily V. Gordon
  • People
  • Life
  • Believe

• By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.

  

  Frank Abagnale
  • Time
  • Age
  • Parents

• Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

  

  Loretta Young
  • Eyes
  • Thoughts

• I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.

  

  Bill Parcells
  • People
  • Great
  • Friends

• Divorce is the price people play for playing with matches.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Divorce
  • Price
  • Matches