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I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns. -- Beth Ditto
Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire -- Ambrose Bierce
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself. -- Doug Larson
I met Big Pun when I was a young boy. I think that he really gravitated to my innocence. -- Tony Sunshine
Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they were talking about. -- Lin-Manuel Miranda
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. -- Charles Lamb
[Big Pun] loved the fact that I could sing, everybody around us were rappers. A lot of people didn't know that Pun really, really loved r&b music. -- Tony Sunshine
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I think it [Danger] showed the unity between the spirituality and love I have for Big Pun. It was overdue and I think that was God's plan. I didn't get to create the magic with him in the studio, but it was still a blessing. -- Tony Sunshine
Immanuel isn't a pun; he Kant be! -- Oscar Wilde
Puns are the highest form of literature. -- Alfred Hitchcock
I hate puns. And, I'm tired of pardoning them. -- Mark Lowry
I have mood poisoning. Must be something I hate. -- Marilyn Manson
You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. -- Dorothy Parker
I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man. -- Charles Lamb
In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. -- Arthur Koestler
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. -- Edgar Allan Poe
In our world, all puns are beautiful and they are the highest form of comedy. -- Greg Proops
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. -- Fred Allen
I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way. -- Allan Sloan
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. -- Edgar Allan Poe
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes. -- Rachel Griffiths
Wit and puns aren't just decor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program. -- Adam Gopnik
People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes. -- Neil Gaiman
Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse?a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance. -- Louis Untermeyer
Graphic design is a visual language uniting harmony and balance, color and light, scale and tension, form and content. But it is also an idiomatic language, a language of cues and puns and symbols and allusions, of cultural references and perceptual inferences that challenge both the intellect and the eye. -- Jessica Helfand
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
If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac. -- Tim Vine
For one thing, I don't pun excessively in real life. -- Tim Vine
Obviously I struck gold with 'Deadwood.' No pun intended. -- Jim Beaver
It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop. -- Arthur Baer
I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended. -- Camryn Manheim
Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun. -- Teju Cole
In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended. -- Verne Troyer
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. -- James Boswell
Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun. -- John Glover
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it. -- Hannah Cowley
God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion. -- Martin Gore
Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move. -- Arthur Smith
The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness. -- Arthur Smith
Taking the time to polish a pun or fine-tune a practical joke is a way of saying, 'I'm thinking about you and I want to please you.' -- Andrew Hudgins
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. -- James Boswell
We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink. -- Jeffrey Eugenides
Having inched closer and accomplished some of my major goals in the sport of golf, no pun intended, why not work as hard as I can to attain those goals if I'm already feeling like I'm playing well and getting more and more comfortable. -- Jordan Spieth
Nip/Tuck' did make me very comfortable in my own skin, no pun intended. I had to be stripped down a lot, and you're kind of in front of the whole world, and it teaches you to accept yourself and be comfortable with yourself real quickly. -- Kelly Carlson
One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that. -- St. Vincent
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
I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I've always gravitated towards that feeling. -- Teddy Thompson
The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just following the pack. So it was our choice to get off the bandwagon - no pun intended - and do things that were in our background and what was the most honest thing to do. -- Robbie Robertson
Coincidence is a spiritual pun. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Untuk sesuatu yang paling kuinginkan melebihi apa pun. -- Andrea Hirata
Obviously I struck gold with Deadwood. No pun intended. -- Jim Beaver
Tanpa mempelajari bahasa sendiri pun orang takkan mengenal bangsanya sendiri -- Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Bahkan seekor cacing pun kalau terluka, akan menggeliat-geliat dan melawan. -- Cindy Adams
I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun. -- William Shenstone
Tak ada satu hal pun tanpa bayang-bayang, kecuali terang itu sendiri. -- Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Ketika cowok benar-benar sedang jatuh cinta, tak seorang pun bisa menghentikannya. -- Christian Simamora
Always say no pun intended to draw attention to the intended pun. -- Teju Cole
Bila Tuhan berkenan, Tuhan akan menjadikan kita apa pun yang kita mohonkan dariNya. -- Mario Teguh
Tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa dikalahkan, sampai dia menyerah--DI DALAM PIKIRANNYA SENDIRI! -- Napoleon Hill
But things were different now. I finally had my head -pun intended- on straight. -- Meg Cabot
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Kita ada Tuhan. Dalam banyak keadaan yang luar biasa dan mustahil pun, Tuhan pasti menolong. -- Faisal Tehrani
If you're truly psychedelic the difference between living and dying is quite immaterial. No pun intended. -- Terence McKenna
What I'm going for with the string arrangements for my Antarctic symphony is a pun here. -- DJ Spooky
Orang yang ingin hidup tenteram, jangan menimbulkan kegalauan bagi dirinya sendiri mau pun bagi orang lain. -- Epicurus
Orang yang hati kering dan hati batu pun masih ada harapan untuk cari rahmat Tuhan sebenarnya. -- Hlovate
I'll take Shadowhunter, then. Because from what I've experienced of vampires, you mostly suck. No pun intended. -- Cassandra Clare
A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor. -- Harriet Hosmer
The Good and Great must ever shun That reckless and abandoned one Who stoops to perpetrate a pun. -- Lewis Carroll
Jauh lebih menyenangkan merasa bahwa Tuhan mendengarkanmu dan mengatakan tidak, ketimbang merasa tak ada siapa pun yang mendengarkanmu -- Mitch Albom
If you aim to be big, you will be big. And that's not a pun about my size. -- Gabriel Iglesias
Doa yang tulus dan dengan cinta, adalah kekuatan besar yang bisa menyelamatkan siapa pun, termasuk orang yang mendoakannya. -- Amanda Inez
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Kebencian bisa membuat orang jadi buta-- ya jadi buta. Tapi orang buta pun mungkin bisa menikam tepat di jantung. -- Agatha Christie
Tidak payah bersentuhan tangan, kerana mereka sudah bersentuhan hati. Tak payah berbalas kerlingan mata kerana mereka sudah pun berbalas-balas doa. -- Pahrol Mohamad Juoi
Barangkali hidup adalah doa yang panjang, dan sunyi adalah minuman keras. ia merasa Tuhan sedang memandangnya dengan curiga; ia pun bergegas. -- Sapardi Djoko Damono
I feel that I am entitled to trample all other considerations into the dirt in my pursuit of a satisfying pun. -- Neal Stephenson
terucap rindu sepasang insan..geliat sang cinta di lubuk hati..terurai kata nan indah menawan..gundah pun sirna dibuai si mimpi. -- Toba Beta
They are "sexcellent". That is a pun for you, you will find lots of puns on the internet! Also: blonde jokes. -- Ryan North
Jangan iri kepada siapa pun, karena orang baik tidak layak diirikan.Sedangkan orang jahat, semakin mereka makmur, semakin mereka merusak diri sendiri. -- Epicurus
Saya tahu tidak menyenangkan, tapi saya bersyukur jika ada sahabat saya mengkritik saya dengan keras atas apa pun yang saya lakukan salah. -- Ariel Seraphino
There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended. -- John Barrowman
I'd done an Edinburgh show before, in 1981, called 'The Importance of Being Varnished' - I was in the pun trade at the time. -- Rory Bremner
John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous. -- Jeremy Piven
Everyone says that I have no sense of humor, then I construct a perfectly sound pun around a well-known psychological condition, and it is ignored. -- Eoin Colfer
The man [Donald Trump] seems to out-trump himself - no pun intended - every time he speaks in his bid to win the Republican nomination. -- Corri Wilson
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Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, by the assistance of accident, under one word. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
Dan Sejarah pun seakan akan menggunjal nafas, capek dan gaek, dihadapan kini. Kini itu tak kunjung berhenti. Yang terpeluk oleh Sejarah hanya segala yang telah lewat, reruntuhan. -- Goenawan Mohamad
Also not the kind of place to hide a server.Is that another pun? She asked.No! I swear! I didn't mean that one.~Shell Game, Kingdom Keepers #5 -- Ridley Pearson
Of course they had more chains on him than Scrooge saw on Marley's ghost, but he could have kicked up dickens if he'd wanted. That's a pun, son. -- Stephen King
I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor. -- Karin Slaughter
Also not the kind of place to hide a server.""Is that another pun?" She asked."No! I swear! I didn't mean that one."~Shell Game, Kingdom Keepers #5 -- Ridley Pearson
Pikiran yang tenang tidak bisa dikacaukan atau ditakutkan oleh rejeki nomplok mau pun musibah. Pikiran yang tenang akan tetap berjalan menurut iramanya sendiri, seperti detik lonceng di kala badai mengamuk. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
Mereka sudah di tangannya dan Ibuk memberikan apa pun yang ia miliki untuk mereka. Dengan hatinya. Mereka sudah ada dalam genggamannya dan Ibuk tak akan membiarkan mereka terjatuh. Begitu tekadnya. -- Iwan Setyawan
I seem to be able to get away with pun strips if I add a panel at the end where I somehow indicate that I know it's a bad pun. -- Stephan Pastis
A bird was shot. I suspect fowl play. The next man to be shot is the man who wrote that pun. Excuse me while I load my gun and shoot myself. -- Jarod Kintz
Comedy itself is based upon very old principles of which I can readily name seven. They are, in short: the joke, exaggeration, ridicule, ignorance, surprise, the pun, and finally, the comic situation. -- Jack Benny
Kadang kita menemukan teman, sahabat, saudara di tempat yang tidak kita duga. Dan mungkin juga cinta. Tapi yang paling menyenangkan dalam sebuah perjalanan adalah menemukan itu semua, termasuk cinta. Apa pun bentuknya. -- Ken Ariestyani
The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the feminine petra could not very well serve as a masculine name. -- Frank E. Gaebelein
Seindah apa pun huruf terukir, dapatkah ia bermakna apabila tak ada jeda? Dapatkan ia dimengerti jika tak ada spasi? Bukankah kita baru bisa bergerak jika ada jarak? Dan saling menyayang bila ada ruang?" -- Dee
In person, if possible, Anubis was even more drop-dead gorgeous. [Oh . . . ha, ha. I didn't catch the pun, but thank you, Carter. God of the dead, drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, hilarious. Now, may I continue?] -- Rick Riordan
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It can be a social criticism in the form of an epigram. -- Karl Kraus
Standing, I turned to face my father. "It's the same as the scent on Moore. It's definitely a foreign cat, but it's...more, somehow." Ethan snickered at my unintentional pun, but I ignored him. -- Rachel Vincent

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