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…

Quote by Max Eastman

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A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a...

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a...

A smile is the universal welcome.

A smile is the universal welcome.

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

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

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up...

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

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

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

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for...

Someday your prince charming will come. Mine just took a wrong turn, got lost, and...

Someday your prince charming will come. Mine just took a wrong turn, got lost, and...

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little...

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.