#pun

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#crime #guilty #innocent #leave #rather

I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#blowing #father #i #lifestyle #punished

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#been #british #had #i #intently

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. ↗

— Max Nordau

#before #built #citizens #civilization #crimes

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#corporal #punishment #reintroduce #schools #teachers

And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless. ↗

— Gary Numan

#because #club #clubs #could #everyone

I shouldn't have to play live just because I've made a record. I get lots of letters 'cos I'm not into the street credibility thing. I don't like that whole thing at all, I've always thought of it as a very glamorous business, the whole thing about putting on a show. All the anti-hero punk thing, it went against everything I've ever wanted to do. ↗

— Gary Numan

#against #always #because #business #cos

I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible. ↗

— Gary Numan

#always #been #before #bowie #chased

When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits. ↗

— Gary Numan

#been #before #bits #control #first

I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles. ↗

— Catherine O'Hara

#afraid #except #i #needles