Famous quotes containing the words japanese, center and/or force:
“The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
—Ruth Benedict (18871948)
“My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.”
—Ferdinand Foch (18511929)
“A petty bureaucrat always watches his superiors countenance, just as a boatman trims his sails according to the force of the wind.”
—Chinese proverb.
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