It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. – Max Eastman
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. – Max Eastman
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman
Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. – Max Eastman
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. – Max Eastman
I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. Its to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. Its also full of many wonderful things and love and hope. – P. J. Harvey