#pearl

Pearls mean tears. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#pearls #tears

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#earth #expresses #good #however #just

I hope no one will think of... sending me to Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Charles A. Lockwood

#hope #i #me #pearl #pearl harbor

Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945. ↗

— William Manchester

#between #course #dress #except #frequent

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. ↗

— Pythagoras

#deal #few #great #great deal #hazard

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II. ↗

— Dan Rather

#attacked #had #harbor #i #ii

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#after #country #danger #day #defending

I am not gay, I just like pearls. ↗

— Julian Eltinge

#gay #i #i am #just #like

We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family. ↗

— Stone Gossard

#family #feel #jam #may #other

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#ad #bailey #i #just #lib