Famous Quotes / Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes: "People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism."
Amuse | Battered | Boys | Children |
Conversation | Coppers | Freight | Little |
Make | Other | People | Puns |
Railroad | Sake | Themselves | Tracks |
Train | Trick | Upset | Wanton |
Witticism |