Evan Esar Quotes

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

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• I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

  

  Vera Wang
  • True
  • Past
  • Myself

• I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Always
  • Really
  • Rhythm

• Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Fall
  • Impossible
  • Compromise

• People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Up
  • Real

• I went to Mission Bay High School. Me and my brother, we both went there.

  

  Vic Fuentes
  • School
  • High
  • Brother

• Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Home
  • Dream
  • You

• People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'

  

  Maggie Wheeler
  • People
  • Know
  • Like

• I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

  

  Nas
  • Time
  • Quality
  • Doing

• It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Truth
  • Nature
  • Some

• The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour.

  

  Karl Philipp Moritz
  • Time
  • English
  • Doubt

• The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Small
  • Leadership
  • Situation

• I never thought of runningMy feet just led the way

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes

• I don't like to try very hard. Most of the time it's just jeans, a T-shirt and Converse trainers. Casual, comfortable and boyish is how I'd describe my look. The way people wear clothes makes them stylish, rather than the clothes themselves.

  

  Jessica Hart
  • People
  • Time

• If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

  

  Levon Helm
  • Song
  • Night

• I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.

  

  David Grinspoon
  • Thinking
  • Community

• The original text of New York is all below Chambers Street.

  

  Pete Hamill
  • Text

• I'm a sucker for a sad song.

  

  Chris Young
  • Song
  • Sad

• Clothes are particularly hard to value. While cars and high-tech gadgets - Maseratis, Audemars Piguet watches, and first-generation iPhones - offer not only performance but the cachet of a visibly rich item, clothing does less to convey what you spent on it. Clothes get stained and snagged, and they go out of style quickly.

  

  Christina Binkley
  • High
  • Style
  • Value

• I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future.

  

  Chris Tucker
  • Work
  • Great
  • Done

• Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.

  

  John Locke Nazareth
  • Nothing
  • Intellect
  • Senses

• Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

  

  William Cowper
  • Men
  • Positive
  • Judgment

• You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Literature
  • Read
  • Judgment