Spelling Quotes

The maxim ‘Nothing avails but perfection’ may be spelt shorter: ‘Paralysis.’

It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.

As a kid, I never felt that I had anything or I was anybody. That was my ignorance. I never felt gifted. I paid no attention in high school. Once, I got every word wrong on a spelling test. The teacher gave me a minus zero because I even misspelled my name. I forgot to put the t in Schwartz.

'Here it is,' Nigel said. 'Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.'
How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married?'