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)

“Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisoned in mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)