#pun

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. ↗

— Ed Koch

#bag #believe #good #i #i do

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#condition #homelessness #individual #long #nothing

No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave. ↗

— Lynne Truss

#punctuation #food

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. ↗

— Brandon Thomas

#big #done #even #finger #just

I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#assertions #based #capital #capital punishment #form

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#circumstances #define #force #onto #punish

You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that. It's kind of exciting. I don't punch in. I don't have a 9 to 5 job. When you do work you're lucky enough to go to interesting places and meet mostly interesting and talented people, so it's really a great job if you can work. ↗

— Michael Vartan

#coming #enough #exciting #go #great

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#after #me #more #new #punk

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ↗

— Voltaire

#forbidden #kill #large #large numbers #numbers

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. ↗

— Mike Watt

#especially #finger #i #i think #me