Whoever invented English should have learned to spell.

“Why no s for two deer, but an s for two monkeys? Brother Quang says no one knows. So much for rules! Whoever invented…

— Thanhha Lai

“I learned that spell fifty years ago,' he mumbled as he lit his pipe. 'And I still don't know what it's for.”

— John Bellairs

“Show me the person who invented English and then from there you can start judging my intellect by it.”

— Evans Biya

People have asked me why I made the first chapter of my first novel so long, and in an invented English. The only answer…

— Alan Moore

The English learned, in my view, how to use harmony much earlier than the French or the Italians, or the Germans.

— Tod Machover

I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill.

— Maurice Druon

I grew up speaking Korean, but my dad spoke English very well. I learned a lot of how to speak English by watching television.

— John Cho

The spell you're under.

— Kiss

“At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.”

— Gregory Maguire

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.

— Baltasar Gracian

“Daimonology has no hierarchy, but only the spell of universal anarchy.”

— Carl William Brown

You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.

— Humphrey Bogart

“My heart almost vaulted out of my chest. I was snuggled against Ryan’s shoulder. We were burrowed under the cloak and sleeping bag, and…

— Sam Dogra

I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.

— Harry Redknapp

Spell check bails me out on the constant.

— Daniel Yvars