#spell

My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

#brought #drink #had #horrible #i

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 realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that— ↗

— Norton Juster

#spelling #business

Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#been #before #came #cases #dark

Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#matter #sin #spell #still #you

No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#conversation #fit #holding #kid #know

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#forever #holds #net #once #sea

Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence. ↗

— Alice Walker

#blog #crippled #generations #i #i do

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#dry #even #going #greatest #had

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage. ↗

— April Winchell

#advantage #afraid #give #give me #i

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ↗

— Steven Wright

#how #know #misspelled #were #word