Accidents Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Puns are a form of humor with words.

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather…

— Charles Lamb

We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at…

— Harriet Hosmer

A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It…

— Karl Kraus

A pun is the lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first.

— Oscar Levant

I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.

— John Oliver

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.

— Doug Larson

I think the humor of double puns is incredible.

— Richard Lederer

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

— Edgar Allan Poe

In our world, all puns are beautiful and they are the highest form of comedy.

— Greg Proops

“A pun is its own reword.”

— Valerie Estelle Frankel

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire

— Ambrose Bierce