Japanese Quotes · Page 10

It's a tough line, Japanese and western games. We wanted to blur that line.

— Hideaki Itsuno

March 11, 2004, now occupies a place in the history of infamy.

— Jose Maria Aznar

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

— Shigeru Miyamoto

We don't put our emotions out there in Japan. I'm Japanese, but I love to be honest.

— Rinko Kikuchi

Everybody in the states is so relaxed, and everybody in Japan is so uptight.

— Ichiro Suzuki

I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.

— Mary Kom

I am an admirer of haiku, and I'm a great admirer of Japanese literature in general.

— Richard Flanagan

“In a time like this, let us trust in God even more. To trust when life is easy is no trust.”

— Joy Kogawa

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

— Akira Kurosawa

Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why?…

— Paul Watson

G.I. Joe is not shown in Korea at all, basically, so a lot of people didn't know about G.I. Joe and I…

— Lee Byung-hun

I'm always going on about how I could just eat Japanese food and nothing else until the day I die.

— Robert Sheehan

I have no doubt the Japanese leadership and most Japanese see the importance of a strong U.S.-Japan relationship. I certainly have no…

— Walter F. Mondale

I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe.

— Hidetoshi Nakata

I think in reality the Japanese have to make changes in monetary policy, otherwise we're still going to be dealing with some…

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

“I had Japanese once. A business man I had run into in New York ... but that's not what he meant.”

— L.M. DeWalt

I like the freedom America has. In Japan people tend to think too much about others' opinions and how to be like…

— Yui Mizuno

Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's]…

— Jamie Dimon

“In fact, the Japanese defending the island had no illusions about victory and did not even consider it a realistic option. They…

— Charles River Editors

I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I…

— Jean Pigozzi

Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the…

— Takashi Murakami

The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do -…

— Evan Davis

“In old Chinese novels, especially in the Kimpeibai, usually after every ten or twenty pages of innocent description, the author invariably throws…

— Ōgai Mori

Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - No matter how long it may take us to overcome…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I was in Tokyo for my birthday this year and it was kind of sad because Freddie was working. And it was…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is…

— Howard Rheingold

Sound words can't be understood through formal study of the language alone. They're felt when you immerse yourself in the culture or…

— Hyon Gyon

“The hanging gate, of something like trelliswork, was propped on a pole, and he could see that the house was tiny and…

— Murasaki Shikibu

“Jim watched them eat, his eyes fixed on every morsel that entered their mouth. When the oldest of the four soldiers had…

— J.G. Ballard

“The Japanese see the seasons as signposts, visible reminders of our own natural rhytms. In modern life, these often get disrupted, as…

— Beth Kempton

“In the first half of 1944, battle casualty rates for every 1,000 bomber crewmen serving six months in combat included 712 killed…

— Rick Atkinson

“Translated as “God Wind,” “Divine Wind” and “God Spirit,” kamikazes would sink 47 Allied vessels and damage over 300 by the end…

— Charles River Editors

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

— Alan Perlis

The Japanese are lovely people. So humble and disciplined.

— Kunal Kapoor

“In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.”

— H.E. Davey

I'd not underestimate the competitive powers of the Japanese people.

— John Roos

If you can call a Chevrolet a Chev, why can't you call a Japanese a Jap?

— Harold Ballard

There is nothing I will miss about Japanese baseball. Off the field, I will miss my dog.

— Ichiro Suzuki

“A Japanese man festooned with cameras, a nun, a young girl in braids.”

— Anne Tyler

If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode.

— Jackie Chan