Pearl Buck

Famous quotes containing the words pearl and/or buck:

“Major Bagley: So they really got the Arizona.
Captain Quincannon: Yes, sir. Hickham Field was hit just as bad as Pearl Harbor, lot of fifth column work.
Major Bagley: I’ve studied all the wars in history, gentlemen, and I’ve never come across any dirty treachery like that.”
—Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)

“Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.”
—Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)