Japan Quotes · Page 10

“I had never thought of haiku, or any kind of poetry for that matter, as a social activity.”

— Abigail Friedman

The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy.

— Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

— Dick Cavett

A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.

— Hiroyuki Sanada

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to…

— Daniel Radcliffe

I think it's a rite of passage that the minute you land in Japan, you have to go to a karaoke bar.

— Bishop Briggs

“One warm morning in July, a ghost came to our breakfast table.”

— Holly Thompson

Japan is opposed to any actions that escalate tensions in the South China Sea.

— Yoshihide Suga

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right;…

— Henry L. Stimson

In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will…

— Naoto Kan

We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We…

— Vladimir Putin

Japan needs the American market and it also needs American security protection. Japan also needs America as the necessary stabilizer of an…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.

— Yoshihiko Noda

Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much…

— Vladimir Putin

The East-West Center directly supports the U.S. rebalance to the Asia Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue with countries in the…

— Brian Schatz

I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the…

— Chen Shui-bian

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 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

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

As a peace machine, it's value to the world will be beyond computation. Would a declaration of war between Russia and Japan…

— John Brisben Walker

I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given…

— Brian Wildsmith

You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents.…

— Steven Seagal

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product.…

— Julie Taymor

“A good manga is a way of reading Japan and its culture”

— Halla Ferguson

I don't feel any pressure from Japan, you know, because I live in the United States.

— Kei Nishikori

The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.

— Bob Hope

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

— John Boorman

When I go to Japan, they don't care if you win or lose; they just want to see a good fight.

— Bobby Lashley

“So it is that in our world hopes are thwarted at every turn and the people's lot is always pain.”

— Royall Tyler

Clearly, Japan is a most important market for digital consumer products.

— David Milne

In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

Japan is prepared to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea and get off to a new start.

— Yoshihide Suga

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

— Anonymous

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

— Ike Turner

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

— Alex Cox

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

— Koushun Takami

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

— Mirko Cro Cop

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