Japan Quotes · Page 11

They were ridiculous times. After I won my World Championship in 1976, I went to Japan.

— Barry Sheene

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

— Leslie Caron

I like doing the shows with Ring of Honor, but I don't want to leave Japan.

— Kazuchika Okada

“In Japan, first names are only for who you're married to, or if you're being rude,' the watchmaker explained.”

— Natasha Pulley

The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.

— Yoshihiko Noda

I miss riding those fast trains in Japan... 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.

— Ike Turner

I feel that Japan is like my second home; this is where I want to fight.

— Mirko Cro Cop

“Fucking bastard, I'll stab you in the chest with this pencil.”

— Koushun Takami

I spent a lot of time in Japan. To me, I felt like my career was kind of marooned out there. I…

— Finn Balor

The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us…

— Paul Watson

We commend President Obama and his administration for taking this strong action against Iceland and its barbaric whaling industry... and we urge…

— Hayden Panettiere

Japan is very much a TV-centered entertainment industry. So, when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who…

— Chiaki Kuriyama

One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people…

— Jil Sander

When you mail Ichiro something from the States, you only have to use that name on the address and he gets it…

— Ichiro Suzuki

Especially when there are difficulties in our relations, parties and statesmen in China and Japan should look over the situation from a…

— Wu Bangguo

“I finally understood that I couldn’t avoid working to provide for myself, but that can also be a wonderful thing, a beautiful…

— Andy Couturier

I just went along for the ride. It was a God-given gift. It is. So you can't say well, you wasted your…

— Angela Lansbury

Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear…

— Carl Andrew Spaatz

The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they are more energy efficient, densely…

— David J. C. MacKay

I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or…

— J. William Fulbright

A handful of men working within the Zen sect of Buddhism created gardens in fifteenth-century Japan which were, and still are, far…

— Russell Page

“The Professor noted two nymphs with strawberries on their heads, a DayGlo Amish lady, a mustachioed man in a rainbow apron. He…

— La Carmina

We made our debut in Japan about few years ago and when we went on a morning show there to promote our…

— Seungri

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

— Alex Cox

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.

— Kenzaburo Oe

I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season.

— Hermann Maier

Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.

— Tadanobu Asano

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

— Douglas MacArthur

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

— David Suzuki

“This is kaiju !" Yojiro barked. "When did they ever give a damn about adhering to science!”

— Hiroshi Yamamoto

I am stoked to go over to Japan and experience that culture.

— Adam Cole

We need to do a thorough examination of whether Japan's defence capability is adequate or not.

— Fumio Kishida

I had whale tartare when I was in Japan, but I probably wouldn't have it again.

— Sasha Cohen

The Russians could have some (warheads) aimed at Japan, so if we act up they can destroy our economy.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.”

— Ruth Ozeki

I had a great time in Japan and the other places that I worked.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

My favorite knife is from Miyakoya in Japan - I have one in each of my restaurants.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.

— Billy Higgins

“Luna Sea’s music moves quickly but intelligibly, with a darkly frenetic, creative energy.”

— Josephine Yun