Max Eastman quotes

" Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. " # Laughter

" It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. " # Humor

" The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. " # Arts and Artists # Friends and Friendship # Consciousness

" Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. " # Emotions # Poetry and Poets # Friends and Friendship

" A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go. " # Fun # Freedom # Power

" Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. " # Laughter # Speech # Society

" A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. " # Poetry and Poets # Jokes and Jokers # Humor