Spelled Quotes

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.