The Great Typo Hunt Quotes

“She described to us six lanes' worth of unadulterated fear, populated exclusively by motorists whose driving education had been paid for by the blood of pedestrians.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“The standard clauses of the American dream only included two weeks of vacation a year.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“After graduating, I'd moved to the Washington D.C. area to see what I could do with the skills I'd picked up from a creative writing degree. The chief export of the nation's capital is, of course, paper work, so I reckoned I could land some kind of writing or editing position at one of the many nonprofits and associations in the area.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“The world needed changing - that I knew. Global warming threatened to give us all a lethal tan; war and poverty decimated whole nations; crops worldwide were shriveling; even our brethren beasts menaced us with their monkey pox and bird flu and mad cow disease.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“Somebody needs to fix America.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“Consider this argument another wedge served from the malodorous pie known as "My way is Right," the dessert of choice for politicians, religious leaders, and warring pastry chefs.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“As human beings, how do we choose to react in that instant when someone walks toward us, smiles, and begins to speak?”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“the gratis token of appreciation had helped to make the distinction plain. This was what I’d hoped for, a friendly reaction to our quest, displaying humor and gratitude”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“What a pleasant shift, we thought, from the latent hostility we had suffered yesterday in the Mobile mall.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“To me, the iniquity inherent in typos was as plain as a swath cut through virgin forest, or dog feces upon a white beach.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“Prepare yourself for transpositions!”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“My typo-sensitivity has no off-switch.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time

“We’re surrounded by typos.”
― Jeff Deck, The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time