Quotes about Wordplay
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.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Why it's simply impassible! Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Door: No, I do mean impassible. (chuckles) Nothing's impossible!
- Lewis Carroll
Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.
- Victor Hugo
If you're saying farewell to your arms, what do you use to wave goodbye?
- Stephen Colbert
The difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are wanted.
- Anonymous
Confucius say: "Baseball wrong — man with four balls cannot walk."
- Anonymous
Fou!" "Who?" "I didn't say 'who'; I said 'fou,' " "I know you did. I said who?" "Who?" "Who's fou?" "Oh, is. By Jove, 'suis'! 'Je suis fou.
- Dorothy Sayers
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
- Mark Twain
If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?
- Will Rogers