Quotes About Puns

The society ladies were all decked out, if you'll excuse the pun.

These napkins are more holy than righteous," Mrs. Wapshot said, and most of her conversation at table was made up of just such chestnuts, saws and hoary puns.

As Tolkien points out, the name is "a pleasantly ingenious pun," referring to those who "dabble in ink." It also suggests people "with vague or half-formed intimations and ideas.

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.