Japanese Ship Naming

Famous quotes containing the words japanese, ship and/or naming:

    “The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
    —Paul Theroux (b. 1941)

    “But we must build our walls, for what we are
    Necessitates it, and we must construct
    The ship to navigate behind them, there.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The night is itself sleep
    And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
    Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)