Laugh Quotes by Max Eastman

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

— Max Eastman

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

— Max Eastman

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would…

— Max Eastman

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but…

— Max Eastman

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

— Max Eastman

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

— Max Eastman

A smile is the universal welcome.

— Max Eastman

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

— Max Eastman

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh…

— Max Eastman

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

— Max Eastman

He [P.G.Wodehouse] is I believe, the only man living who speaks with equal fluency the American and English languages.

— Max Eastman

Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.

— Max Eastman

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

— Max Eastman

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.

— Max Eastman