"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor." ― Max Eastman Topic(s): Humor More From Max Eastman "Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance." "A smile is the universal welcome." "It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process." More In Humor "In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose."― J. Robert Oppenheimer "I think I’ve learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart – and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn’t hurt either."― Dorothea Benton Frank "When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different – and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks."― Erin Morgenstern