Double Meaning Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing. — Ronnie Barker
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I… — Stanley Spencer
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature… — Jan Morris
Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side. — Logan Pearsall Smith
A part of my appreciation for the good which moments bring has come from awareness and recognition. But it has also come from a correspnding… — Bob Benson
Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is filled with visions,… — Victor Hugo
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning. — Mae West
Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. BENEDICK Fair Beatrice, I thank you for your pains. BEATRICE I took… — William Shakespeare
Ha. "Against my will I am sent to bid you come into dinner." There's a double meaning in that. -Benedick (Much Ado) — William Shakespeare
Maybe language is kind, giving us these double meanings. Maybe it's trying to teach us a lesson, that we can always be two things at… — David Levithan
Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write, you… — Hilary Mantel
All it takes is a little bravery and patience. They are one in the same, double meaning so you receive the message. The message is… — Raghib Clitso
The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't… — Humphrey Lyttelton
Height of Double Meaning swimming teacher to boys Teacher- you did? boy--- yes sir! how much time u take boy---10 mniute :D Teacher-atnee dheere...teez karo!!!… — Shubham Nootteep Pandey

Who Wrote These Double Meaning Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 15 Double Meaning Quotes as follows: