Japan Quotes · Page 12

I've always been really interested in the age of the samurai in Japan.

— Daniel Dae Kim

I will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people.

— Naoto Kan

Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.

— David Douglas Duncan

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

— Shigeru Yoshida

Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property.

— John Roos

SoftBank has had a lot of businesses, but they've always ranked, say, third in Japan or fourth in the U.S.

— Masayoshi Son

“One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.”

— Andrew Horvat

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

— Kenzaburo Oe

If a movie is nominated for, say, an Academy award, that movie will instantly become popular in Japan. There's always been a…

— Hirokazu Koreeda

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine…

— Tracy Austin

“Only the framing material," Lucas demurely, "obvious influences, Neo-Tokyo from Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Metal Gear Solid by Hideo Kojima, or…

— Thomas Pynchon

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response…

— Paul Samuelson

In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance. Probably the reason why that was not…

— Shinzo Abe

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its…

— Shinzo Abe

Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a…

— Rufus Wainwright

Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon…

— Ron Kind

“One widespread stereotype about people in Japan is that they're exceptionally dedicated and hardworking, even though some Japanese people say they look…

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

I had been conscious of depression and so I voiced to (Sec. Of War Stimson) my grave misgivings, first on the basis…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I always had a sense that I would fall in love with Tokyo. In retrospect I guess it's not that surprising. I…

— Junot Diaz

It was there that we really first came in contact with the work of Shoji Hamada, who was Bernard's best friend from…

— Warren MacKenzie

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things.…

— Steve Jobs

There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China,…

— Alan Cranston

“In Paris the cashiers sit rather than stand. They run your goods over a scanner, tally up the price, and then ask…

— David Sedaris

It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our…

— William D. Leahy

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.

— Anonymous

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

— Marc Newson

Japan is an appealing place for a young family and comparatively safe in health terms.

— Beauden Barrett

Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.

— Dave Barry

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

— Tadao Ando

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

— Javier Bardem

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

— Hidetoshi Nakata

One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.

— Fran Lebowitz

Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she's demanding that we invade 'Tsunami.'

— Bill Maher

Japan's own efforts to defend its own country are also effective in defense cooperation with the United States.

— Yoshihide Suga

We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'

— Pete Rose

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.

— Stephen Hawking

New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean

— Chris Carter

Let them bomb Japan with that nasty missile. Their missile cannot load a nuclear warhead.

— Shintaro Ishihara

My dropkick is from Mexico, but my fighting spirit is from Japan.

— Kazuchika Okada