#pun

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality. ↗

— George William Russell

#business #called #engine #first #go

The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#cain #called #captain #doctor #fear

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. ↗

— Matthew Shipp

#certain point #confrontational #element #iconoclastic #jazz

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. ↗

— Patti Smith

#called #godmother #i #me #myself

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#always #anyone #between #cannot #comes

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#anyone #between #cannot #comes #directions

I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#actor #because #business #classically #go

I've never scratched, or punched, or slapped anybody in my real life. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#i #life #never #punched #real

I love punk rock, but I also love metal. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#i #i love #love #metal #punk

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#appreciation #bands #because #decline #did