My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well. — Steven Seagal Copy Share Image
The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level. — Billy Higgins Copy Share Image
“I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
I just fell in love with his music. I thought Yanni was Japanese. I didn't have any idea what a Yanni was.… — Linda Evans Copy Share Image
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path. — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes. — Rain Copy Share Image
You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what… — Bill James Copy Share Image
Japanese would never 'restore' an antique. The signs of age and wear are to them its most beautiful qualities. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
“Refusing to drink or drinking only moderately must be done with diplomacy, because the Japanese believe that the only way you can… — Boyé Lafayette de Mente Copy Share Image
About half the scripts sent to me feature characters I just can't identify with, particularly one-dimensional businessmen or, if it's a comedy,… — Ken Watanabe Copy Share Image
Just as the Japanese pioneered a new form of manufacturing - lean production and quite new standards of reliability - so Tata,… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
My family was in Singapore when the Japanese War started. We were in Singapore at the time of Pearl Harbor, and by… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten.… — Alain Ducasse Copy Share Image
What we have seen of recent American action in the Pacific, the bombing of Tokyo and the engagements in the Coral Sea,… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
I often look ridiculous in Japan. There's really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“they had to deal with heavy artillery being fired at them by well-hidden units. The Japanese would open the steel doors to… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation Delivered on December 8, 1941 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“According to Japanese scholar Yuki Tanaka, the United States firebombed over a hundred Japanese cities. Destruction reached 99.5 percent in the city… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“God’s side is determined not by geography, but by those who do His will. If Germans, English, Japanese, and Americans prayed right,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“From time to time the German U-boat commanders have tried their best to behave with humanity. We have seen them give good… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Among the chattering, cheerful, well-dressed crowd of people waiting at the gate were a number of quiet young men, each with a… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Posted on the other side of the world, it was early on the morning of December 8 in the Philippines when Douglas… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“ To be pleasant, gentle, calm and self-possessed: this is the basis of good taste and charm in a woman. No matter… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese. — John Roos Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages! — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology. — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image