Victor Hugo
Novelist, Poet
"Puns are the droppings of soaring wits."
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Pun
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Groucho Marx
Actor, Comedian, Writer
"Heifer cow is better than none, but this is no time for puns"
James Joyce
Novelist, Poet
"My puns are not trivial. They are quadrivial"
Lewis Carroll
Author, Mathematician
"The Good and Great must ever shun That reckless and abandoned one Who stoops to perpetrate a pun."
Teju Cole
Author, Photographer
"Always say no pun intended to draw attention to the intended pun."
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"They are "sexcellent". That is a pun for you, you will find lots of puns on the internet! Also: blonde jokes."
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"Immanuel isn't a pun; he Kant be!"
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