No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them and let's have peace. — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...and where shall we go from here? The Library is vast and infinite.” — Hideyuki Kurata Copy Share Image
Most Japanese-Americans have that legacy. The camp experience is something of a calling card between them. They say, 'So, where were you… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
I think that people here expect miracles. American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan - but they don't know… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes. — Anonymous 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
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
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
“The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that… — Howard Rheingold 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
My grandmother lived under Japanese colonial rule until she was nine. Korea, still united and whole, was colonized in 1910. During this… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it,… — J. Carter Brown Copy Share Image
Gardeners may create order briefly out of chaos, but nature always gets the last word, and what it says is usually untidy… — Diane Ackerman 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
I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or… — Warren Buffett 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
“Despite all of these important drawbacks, the Americans still won the battle convincingly, thanks mostly to the killer blows struck by one… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“I know I have a pretty good sense for music, but she was better than me. I used to think it was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“In Japan, a number of time-honored everyday activities (such as making tea, arranging flowers, and writing) have traditionally been deeply examined by… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
“Billy looked at the clock on the gas stove. He had an hour to kill before the saucer came. He went into… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many-fold. And the end is not yet.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“On the other stage, there was a girl who looked like a mix of Japanese and something Mediterranean or Latin. A good… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
Then he read the words of the scroll slowly, first in Japanese and then carefully translated into English: 'There is really nothing… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“The Marines were fearful of “banzai” attacks at night, a tactic frequently used by the Japanese that simply attempted to overwhelm Allied… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“The Midway air base had been reinforced from Hawaii on the basis of the new intelligence.” — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I was a dishwasher at one of those Japanese places that cook on your table. Not too fun. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent. — Pat Morita Copy Share Image