Japanese Ship Naming

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

    “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 (1887–1948)

    “I saw a ship a-sailing,
    A-sailing on the sea,”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I saw a ship a-sailing (l. 1–2)

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