Luther must not have majored in spelling.
“It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.”
― Andrew Jackson
“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”
― Mark Twain
“I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.”
― Mark Twain
“In this chthonian world the only thing of importance is orthography and punctuation. It doesn't matter what the nature of the calamity is, only whether it is spelled right.”
― Henry Miller,
Tropic of Cancer
“Sometimes when I write my quotes, I like to put in telling mistakes because it gets people reading and spalking more.”
― Anthony T. Hincks.
“Even though being a good speller has lost its ranking in school, we can hope there is one group of artisans that still finds spelling important…the tattoo artist”
― Nanette L. Avery
“The story’s what matters; spelling’s overrated.”
― Adam Langer,
The Salinger Contract
“The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready to pounce.”
― Mary Norris,
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
AND THE WINER IS:
“I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor and mean distinction, and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a product of your own labor. It is earned, whereas to be able to do a thing merely by the grace of God, and not by your own effort, transfers the thing to our heavenly home--where possibly it is a matter of pride and satisfaction, but it leaves you naked and bankrupt.”
― Mark Twain,
Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition