Logo
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intoler

The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. – Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia, 1849

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Puns
category

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. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast-tabl

Category:
Puns

Punning and groaning are brothers. – Astrid Alauda

Category:
Puns

A lurking pun is the worst pun, one the offender has been waiting to spring on you. – Harry Mahtar

Category:
Puns

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen

Category:
Puns

Random Quotes

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People. – Caleb Cushing

Category:
Intelligence

It seems to me that were in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society. – Alexander McCall Smith

Category:
Society

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. – Benjamin Disraeli

Category:
great

For NASA, space is still a high priority. – Dan Quayle

Category:
Science