“Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people. — Katsuya Okada Copy Share Image
“Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air. — Henry H. Arnold Copy Share Image
The method (of learning Japanese) recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
“My American and Japanese personalities are distinct, and I carry myself differently depending on which language I’m using and which mode I’m… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“When Nick leaves our room, he leaves behind a dark thunder cloud. He has carried the shadow with him for so long… — Mariko Nagai Copy Share Image
I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
While the Japanese droned on in a high-pitched voice, I blinked out the desperate message over and over. TORTURE...TORTURE... — Jeremiah Denton Copy Share Image
“Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
The productivity of people requires continuous learning, as the Japanese have taught us. It requires adoption in the West of the specific… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“So a new element darkled in their already darkling mood: a somber, deep-rooted bitterness which would grow and grow until it would… — James Jones Copy Share Image
When asked by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe in mid-1941 concerning the outcome of a possible war with the United States, Yamamoto made… — Adm Yamamoto Copy Share Image
The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
The Malays, like the Japanese, have a most rigid epistolary etiquette and set forms for letter writing. Letters must consist of six… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
“Despite his inauspicious roots and lack of a recognizeable last name, this guy not only excelled at the art of war, but… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“Early histories have often overstated the degree of intelligence detail available to the Americans at this stage. Fletcher rightly expected the Japanese… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back… — Dale A. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“In the first half of 1944, battle casualty rates for every 1,000 bomber crewmen serving six months in combat included 712 killed… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Jim watched them eat, his eyes fixed on every morsel that entered their mouth. When the oldest of the four soldiers had… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“The Japanese see the seasons as signposts, visible reminders of our own natural rhytms. In modern life, these often get disrupted, as… — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
“The Enigma of Japanese Power, by Dutch journalist Karel van Wolferen,” — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up. — Hiroo Onoda Copy Share Image
I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise. — Ron Atkinson Copy Share Image
I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Another dynamic of this last year was our increased penetration into the Japanese market. — David Milne Copy Share Image
“Kanban, while Japanese, is less metaphorical than Drum-Buffer-Rope.” — David J. Anderson Copy Share Image
