#pun

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#american people #any #arouse #citizen #conscience

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#becomes #capital #capital punishment #crime #deserving

I do not believe having a baby is punishment. ↗

— Allen West

#believe #having #having a baby #i #i do

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#before #dawn #dreamer #find #his

Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#america #believe #big #big business #business

I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#awkward #born #comedy #experience #funny

I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him. ↗

— Ron Wood

#bloody #call #cut #ground #head

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie? ↗

— Billy Wilder

#aunt #hold #minnie #never #pay

I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were already making punk records. We were a punk band. And I kind of thought, that's crazy. ↗

— Adam Yauch

#band #because #crazy #friend #guys

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs. ↗

— A. B. Yehoshua

#anyone #blood #bombing #desperate #even