Quotes on puns
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
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Charles Lamb Quotes
A lurking pun is the worst pun, one the offender has been waiting to spring on you.
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Harry Mahtar Quotes
If you trip over a pun in your speaking it's not so bad but to intentionally jump on one is a true offense.
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Graycie Harmon Quotes
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.
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John Dennis Quotes
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
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Fred Allen Quotes
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
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Doug Larson Quotes
When one hears a pun, one feels as though one has been pushed over without one's consent.
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Graycie Harmon Quotes