Educated person Quote by L. Frank Baum

“IMHO, we groan at puns because we sense, deep in our souls, that there has been some egregious violation of the rules forbidding the…

— George Takei

“Presently Jack Pumpkinhead became uneasy. "I wonder if riding through the air is liable to spoil pumpkins," he said. "Not unless you carelessly drop…

— L. Frank Baum

“Indeed, the pun is considered by many to be more distasteful than the common expletive. You might even say the pun is mightier than…

— George Takei

“...you mustn’t pun, Brumm, puns are produced only in vacant minds. Keep high thoughts and visions of delightful things before you and you won’t…

— John Davidson

“Anyway, my writer gang: they kind of did their comedy apprenticeship with me and, during that period, when they were young and impressionable, I…

— Frank Skinner

“Beware of puns and other clever wordplay. The only people who appreciate puns are the people who can do them. It’s like water polo;…

— Scott Adams

“Puns are just another form of sarcasm, which may or may not make you - smile, giggle, or laugh.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

Maybe because English is my second language, maybe I just translate mundane clichés from the Welsh language and they sound original in English. I…

— Gruff Rhys

Puns are a form of humor with words.

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

— James Boswell

I'm very competitive about puns.

— Mel Giedroyc

“It is the observer of the pun that makes it, my dear Brumm. Of course, when the word is distorted, as in Evilution, the…

— John Davidson