“It was not that he was feckless, more that he had simply not been around the day they handed out feck.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day. — Gary Barlow Copy Share Image
“The thing about elves is they've got no... begins with m," Granny snapped her fingers irritably. "Manners?" "Hah! Right, but no" "Muscle?… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
“Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them!' [slurred Hellian.] 'With what?' [Banaschar] sneered. 'Explanations?'… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I now have a new reason for living. It is my life's goal to make my girlfriend laugh so hard that she… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
“ (Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964) "How do you find America?" "Turn left at Greenland.” — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“We rarely get the chance to see things anew. I remember a Latin translation that caused me to fail an exam at… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good. One must… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“Letters orchestrated into a song of words create the symphony of a novel.” — Leslie Austin Copy Share Image
Did you ever notice all the items on a honey do list are dangerous. Clean gutters, put light in shower, patch roof.… — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
My New Year's resolution this New Year was not to make any New Year's resolutions. I already blew it. — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
“No formulation of the reality of experience is completely true. Once we acknowledge this, we relieve words of the impossible burden of… — Rupert Spira Copy Share Image
In my own writing, I've mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process. — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Inside every fat person is a thin person struggling to get out. Sometimes as many as two or three. — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman. — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
“The city is tricky. The highs are so much higher, but in the lows you drop straight down again to bedrock. It… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“Scots from hogtowns or cowtowns work from cockcrow to moondown -- to chop down woodlots, to plow down cornrows.” — Christian Bök Copy Share Image
