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)

    “The ship goes on
    as though nothing else were happening.
    Generation after generation,
    I go her way.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

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