National Spelling Bee

Famous quotes containing the words national, spelling and/or bee:

    “I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.”
    —Howard Barker (b. 1946)

    “The old saying of Buffon’s that style is the man himself is as near the truth as we can get—but then most men mistake grammar for style, as they mistake correct spelling for words or schooling for education.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “Like the bee that now is blown,
    Honey-heavy on my hand,
    From his toppling tansy-throne
    In the green tempestuous land—”
    —Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)