Spelling Quotes

133 Spelling quotes by 106 unique authors

In order to dream so far, is it enough to read? Isn't it necessary to write? Write as in our schoolboy past, in those days… — Gaston Bachelard
Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate. — Richard Branson
X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless… — Ambrose Bierce
I was the fastest typist in my school, and I had an obsession with spelling and memorizing. — Shelley Hennig
But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes. — Bill Joy
The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is not inconsequential that… — Jean Houston
Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know,' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words… — Peter Johnston
A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. — Mark Twain
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both ... different. In spelling. — Eddie Izzard
In California, 50 women protested the impending war with Iraq by lying on the ground naked and spelling out the word peace. Right idea, wrong… — Jay Leno
Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly can't learn anything… — Frank Smith
Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far. — Mark Twain
We have only to see a few letters of the alphabet spelling our name in the sand to recognize at once the work of an… — John Lennox
As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. A good shoe is… — C.S. Lewis
What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC or Marvel or… — Mark Waid
ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. — Ambrose Bierce
I am not afraid of death threats, but I am appalled that so many people are capable of so much wrong spelling and fractured grammar! — Miriam
Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to exploit the new… — Yann Martel
The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. — Thomas Carlyle
Collateral learning in the way of formation of enduring attitudes, of likes and dislikes, may be and often is much more important than the spelling… — John Dewey
Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the… — Kristin Cashore
As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything else: that it is possible… — Lynne Truss
Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy.… — Norman Tebbit
Cynicism is reality with an alternate spelling. — Woody Allen
Correct spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by schoolma’ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony… — H. L. Mencken

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