Japan Quotes · Page 14

I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China.

— Noam Chomsky

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

— Townsend Harris

Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.

— Bootsy Collins

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

— Shuji Nakamura

Japan has always been a really special place for Chvrches.

— Lauren Mayberry

“Purification in Shinto lifts the burden from the shoulders of the individual and washes it away.”

— Stuart D. B. Picken

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

There are monasteries in Japan where they teach Zen with rules, more rules than you can imagine, and you might feel comfortable…

— Frederick Lenz

the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.

— Cathy Davidson

We were in negotiations, but then the Japanese side suspended them unilaterally. Now, at the request of our Japanese partners, we have…

— Vladimir Putin

In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least…

— Peter Diamandis

I'm very sad to be compared with Warhol and The Factory, because I have no drugs, you know. We have no drug…

— Takashi Murakami

For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.

— Jim Costa

I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the…

— Bobby Fischer

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more…

— Shinzo Abe

When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

The tough-minded ... respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to…

— Ruth Benedict

When I think of countries that I enjoyed visiting, that I would want to go back to, Italy would be one, Japan…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“Tell me, Satoru. What's out there beyond this field? A lot of wonderful things, I'm thinking. I wonder if I'll be able…

— Hiro Arikawa

It has been believed for a long time in Japan that things such as the constitution can never be changed. I say…

— Shinzo Abe

The language of North Korea is always bombastic. But what has really changed is the acceleration of their nuclear program, the likelihood…

— Michael Leiter

China is a great manufacturing center, but it's actually mostly an assembly plant. So it assembles parts and components, high technology that…

— Noam Chomsky

“Every once in a while she'll get worked up and cry like that. But that's ok. She's letting her feelings out. The…

— Haruki Murakami

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 never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.”

— Donald Richie

Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

— Yoshihiko Noda

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

— Arthur Erickson

Japan took me in as one of their own and treated me like one of their own.

— Finn Balor

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

— Jacques Delors

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

— Anonymous

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

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

— Marc Newson

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

— Hidetoshi Nakata