IF you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.
— Nelson Mandela
“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.”
— Baltasar Gracián
“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”
— Mark Twain
“#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.”
— E.A. Bucchianeri
“God, don't they teach you how to spell these days?"
“No,” I answer. "They teach us to use spell-check.”
— Jodi Picoult
“Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling.”
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
— George Eliot
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.
— Frank Smith
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.
— Geoffrey Willans
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
— Charlemagne
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
— Rita Mae Brown
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
— Abigail Adams
The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak.
— Anonymous
High thoughts must have high language.
— Aristophanes
“Can you spell everything?" asked Milo admiringly.
“Just about,”replied the bee with a hint of pride in his voice. "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 people’s bonnets. Then one day I realised that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—”
— Norton Juster