Typographical Error Quotes & Sayings

The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error. — Evan Esar

[On being told party guests were ducking for apples:] There, but for a typographical error, is the story of my life. — Dorothy Parker

The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails. — Barton Gellman

The moment when the finished book or, better yet, a tightly packed carton of finished books arrives on my doorstep is the moment of truth, of culmination; its bliss lasts as much as five minutes, until the first typographical error or production flaw is noticed. — John Updike

Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other. — Bret Easton Ellis

Noise is the typographical error and the poorly designed page ... Ambiguity is noise. Redundancy is noise. Misuse of words is noise. Vagueness is noise. Jargon is noise. — William Zinsser