Spell Quotes

642 quotes by 545 authors

Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They… — Atul Gawande
I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it. — Roy Keane
Some people come to Old Trafford and can't spell football, let alone understand it. They have a few drinks and a prawn sandwich but don't… — Roy Keane
After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can… — Billy Wilder
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me -… — Roberto Benigni
Resurrection does not simply spell the survival of the soul but requires the transformation of the world as we know it. — Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
The most useless job in the world is that of the critic. That is a prejudiced statement. I admit it. I'm prejudiced. I hate critics.… — David Gerrold
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if… — Francoise Sagan
I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I… — Dick Schaap
It is significant comment on the victory of science over magic that were someone to say â€˜if I put this pill in your beer it… — Cyril Connolly
I wanted to be a witch when I was a kid. I was obsessed with witchcraft. At school, me and my two friends had these… — Florence Welch
It's a good thing I stayed in Cincinnati for four years -- It took me that long to learn how to spell it. — Rocky Bridges
The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine,… — John Milton
I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage. — April Winchell
You can't spell squirrel without si, and that's me. — Si Robertson
To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial.… — George Steiner
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who… — Ernest Gellner
The body's habituation to walking as normal stems from the good olddays. It was the bourgeois form of locomotion: physicaldemythologization, free of the spell of… — Theodor Adorno
Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the… — Stephen Sondheim

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