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)

“No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The ship was still as she could be;”
—Robert Southey (1774–1843)

“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)