Spelling Quotes

133 Spelling quotes by 106 unique authors

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings… — William Safire
Yiddish has a down-to-earth quality that makes it remote from high-flown rhetoric, and it has a catch-as-catch-can charm derived from its stunning variety-of syntax, spelling,… — Israel Shenker
Examples of human stupidity. Blasphemy in Pakistan can now include spelling errors by children or throwing away a card bearing the name "Muhammad". — William C. Brown
I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on… — Michael Cudlitz
Being a working actor, you're going to do a Spelling show. It's hard not to. — Casper Van Dien
In the middle of the night When I'm in this dream It's like a million little stars Spelling out your name — Taylor Swift
Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices. — David Crystal
I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour… — Gregory Harrison
It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up… — Vincent Kartheiser
My mind still runs too fast. If we get the wrong fabric or something is stitched the wrong way, I get so angry and so… — William Ivey Long
You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in… — Norton Juster
I never think I feel cynical in general. Cynical is reality with an alternate spelling. I feel there's a gigantic amount of injustice and overt… — Woody Allen
The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts while they're discovering… — Laurence Fishburne
Spelling is very easy to practice yourself whereas signing is not. So I would sit on the subway riding around New York and I would… — Richard Masur
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it… — Branford Marsalis
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the… — George Bernard Shaw
The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint… — David Crystal
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and… — James Fenton
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick… — Mark Haddon
Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to… — John Mayer
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. — A A Milne
I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted… — Alexander Payne
I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes… — Jose Saramago
When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. — Marilyn vos Savant
Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling. — Tori Spelling

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