Pearl Harbor Attack

Famous quotes containing the words pearl, harbor and/or attack:

    “When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
    Strict was the glint of pearl and gold sedans.
    Ladies leaned out more out of fear than pity
    For Pope’s tight back was rather a goat’s than man’s.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “That only which we have within, can we see without. If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps. He only is rightly immortal, to whom all things are immortal.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.”
    —Art Buchwald (b. 1925)