#pun

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#aimed #being #certain #directly #end

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. ↗

— James Boswell

#among #conversation #excellencies #good #i

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ↗

— Buddha

#punished #will #you #your

We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#depression #dress #drink #i #knew

I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped. ↗

— Tom Brady

#everything #grabbed #had #i #just

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#by the time #completely #cultural #different #dynamic

I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#few #i #little #out #political

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#bondage #clash #just #pair #pin

As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were indulged not only with impunity, but authorized by the sanction of their laws. ↗

— David Brainerd

#articles #authorized #errors #established #extravagant

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#communicate #ethic #how #i #matter