Japanese Ship Naming

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

“The Japanese say, “If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.””
—Lester Cole, U.S. screenwriter, Nathaniel Curtis, and Frank Lloyd. Nick Condon (James Cagney)

“The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like a ship to be tossed, but like a house to stand.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

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