Japan Quotes · Page 13

“Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.”

— Frederik L. Schodt

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

— Anonymous

When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.

— David Chang

After college, I wanted to learned about myself as an American, so I left the United States and went to Japan.

— Bruce Feiler

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

— John Bruton

I started a band [Big Japan] for fun. These sticks break easily, but they feel good.

— Adam Brody

Japan is determined to defend its territory, territorial waters and air space.

— Yoshihide Suga

In Japan, artists and fans are rather far apart from each other.

— Tite Kubo

I would like to say, you know, that, unfortunately, we have many unresolved problems. But a great number of people in Russia…

— Vladimir Putin

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We…

— Yoshihiko Noda

The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the…

— Townsend Harris

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer…

— Yoshiki

“And so I told him how living in Japan would give him a leisure no mere tourist has, to know the rhythms…

— Donna George Storey

Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In…

— Daniel H. Wilson

“Ne radi se o tome da ne vjerujem u savremenu književnost, ali ne želim da traćim dragocjeno vrijeme na čitanje knjiga čiju…

— Haruki Murakami

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of…

— F. Sionil Jose

I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the…

— Norman Reedus

When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A…

— Yoshihiko Noda

I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

If we [Americans] are a strong people, a united people, why do we always have to hear how great we are? What…

— Oliver Stone

When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was…

— Hideo Kojima

The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the…

— Toshihiko Fukui

You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy. Some terrible robot toys from Japan that changed…

— Orson Welles

“In years past, a person died, and eventually all those with memories of him or her also died, bringing about the complete…

— Minae Mizumura

I was lucky enough to do a travel show, quite a few years ago, and one of the countries we visited was…

— Edith Bowman

I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

— Shaun White

“When a zashiki warashi came to live with you, good fortune smiled upon the whole house.”

— Holly Thompson

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

— Sadao Araki

I say, isn't that a shame [a trade with Japan], it's so one-sided.

— Donald Trump

After the Fukushima disaster, Japan shut down most of its reactors and said it would move to renewables.

— Shi Zhengrong

In Japan, we worry too much about what the other thinks.

— Shinji Kagawa

“The sky too is deep, the water immeasurably deep. Of heaven and earth we know nothing [unnamed poet]”

— Alan Booth

I was the last of the British style that was a big thing in Japan.

— William Regal

I really still enjoy Japan. I love going to New Japan. It's great.

— Ricochet

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

— Naoto Kan

Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined.

— Barack Obama

Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.

— George Mikes

Turkey, Australia, and Japan are three of my top destinations.

— Rick Riordan

Maybe Japan should've run faster in the Olympics if someone had just yelled 'Godzilla' Stay thirsty my friends!

— Anonymous

“I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling.”

— Haruki Murakami