Quotes About Wordplay

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that.

It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.

I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.

Remember, the only difference between 'marital' and 'martial' is where you put the 'i

Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning.

I've always really enjoyed sounds and alliteration and funny words and funny melodies.

I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.

Are you looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.

My funny old brain, like those of many poets, has always done its best work sideways, seeking out tricky enjambments and surprising slant rhymes to craft lines capable of pulling their own weight.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the first word you thought of.

What's the difference between what you're saying and a knife? A knife has a point.

Luncher is a combo of lunch and dinner. Too late for lunch, but too early for dinner. Trademark pending.

What's the difference between a cat and a comma? One has claws at the end of its paws, and one is a pause at the end of a clause.

Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

Some guy hit my fender the other day, and I said unto him, "Be fruitful, and multiply." But not in those words.

As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn't want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then?

probably no one would have ever even heard of a yak if it hadn't been about the only animal that began with a y.

I might not have the best flow, sound... but when it comes to wordplay, cuz, come on bro.

When you find yourself writing, reading, or listening the delivery of words when spoken? You know the melody of wordplay. "& I love Wordplay

This is what we do. Not so much argue as joust, in jest. We can't stop pushing and pulling the taffy of words and concepts.

If it weren't for Phoenician blinds, it'd be curtains for all of us.

By the way, by using the very same letters, "listen" spells "silent.

doesn't it seem odd that Gowing's always coming and Cummings' always going?

You should be careful when using these endless words. An acquaintance of mine once was fortunate enough to discover the most impressive word notalgia for back-ache. Mistakenly, however, he declared in a large company: 'I have such a nostalgia.' 'Oh, you want to go home to Nizhne-Novgorod?' asked his most sympathetic hostess. 'Not at all,' he answered. 'I just cannot sit down.