Quotes from Max Eastman

Humour is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

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

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 lie there and rest for a while.

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

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

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

A smile is the universal welcome.

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

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

History is not an escalator.