Japanese Quotes · Page 10

Newsflash: Michael Scott's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. There were no survivors.

— Steve Carell

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 completely crippled our Pacific Fleet.

— Jerry Costello

My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I enjoy eating Italian and Japanese cuisine, and abroad, I love Zuma, Nobu, and Cipriani.

— Sidharth Malhotra

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.

— Michael Pollan

Indian junk food is my sin, even though I pretend to like Japanese.

— Sonam Kapoor

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.

— Pat Morita

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the…

— Jack Adams

It has often been said that [...] the Japanese [are] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch.

— Robert Reed

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end…

— Pharrell Williams

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives,…

— David Suzuki

I've really taken on the order the Japanese people have... They are so organised and I think I've definitely taken that, I…

— Stacy Martin

If I were asked to explain the Japanese spirit, I would say it is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun!

— Motoori Norinaga

When I went to Japan, I was with Kashima Antlers. Very good results were produced with that team as I aimed to…

— Zico

My son has no interest in music other than as a listener. He teaches English to Japanese students.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

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

— Ōgai Mori

“I recognized the words "domestic violence" because the Japanese use the same words, only with blockier pronunciation. " Domesuchikku baiorensu". I think…

— Tim Rogers

Koreans are worried about the Japanese right-wing people, who tend to be against foreigners. But the Koreans in Japan aren't even foreigners.…

— Min Jin Lee

When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It…

— Hideki Tojo

As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote…

— Henry Rollins

“Whereas, in the west, individuality and drive are considered positive qualities, they are not seen the same way, in Japan. In that…

— Alexei Maxim Russell

God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing!…

— Diana Vreeland

I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they…

— Sessue Hayakawa

We made our debut in Japan about few years ago and when we went on a morning show there to promote our…

— Seungri

I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the…

— James Patterson

“Again and again, the question was asked: What made the Poles so good? The answer wasn’t simple. Generally older than their British…

— Lynne Olson

“Then one of them asked why Japanese kids try to ape American kids? The clothes, the rap music, the skateboards, the hair.…

— David Mitchell

“In the same way both Lincoln and the Japanese regard people. These are also a kind of currency. A man is worth…

— Donald Richie

“The Americans, Dutch and Australians had lost further vessels as well, notably at the battle of the Java Sea in February. As…

— Charles River Editors

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the…

— Tom Clancy

“ To be pleasant, gentle, calm and self-possessed: this is the basis of good taste and charm in a woman. No matter…

— Murasaki Shikibu

I was a dishwasher at one of those Japanese places that cook on your table. Not too fun.

— Aziz Ansari

I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.

— Wolfgang Puck

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

— Jack Adams

In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much.

— Masa Takayama

“The Midway air base had been reinforced from Hawaii on the basis of the new intelligence.”

— Charles River Editors

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.

— Jack Adams

“...and where shall we go from here? The Library is vast and infinite.”

— Hideyuki Kurata

For a date night with my girlfriend, we go to Zuma for Japanese.

— DJ Khaled