Samurai Quotes · Page 3

“Takamasa Saegusa: 'Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred dueling ground. For that reason, our…

— Takayuki Yamaguchi

My philosophy is the same as a Samurai: To hit without getting hit.

— Lyoto Machida

Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had…

— James Clavell

I remember my roommate was watching 'Seven Samurai,' and I just couldn't fathom why anybody would watch it.

— Lee Isaac Chung

Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you…

— George S. Patton

Cinema really lends itself well to big, archetypal stories, you know, classic old stories and you need kind of a weird, big…

— Alexander Payne

I watch mostly every martial arts movie... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual…

— Tony Jaa

Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a…

— Jim Jarmusch

It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless

— Takuan Soho

See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.

— Yagyu Munenori

Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered,…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the…

— John Wayne

“How could he possibly bow deeply enough to honor a thousand-year-old samurai queen?”

— Nadia Scrieva

“The suspicious mind conjures its own demons.”

— Hanshiro Tsugomu

I used to think that to become free you had to practice like a samurai warrior, but now I understand that you…

— Jack Kornfield

I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.

— Quentin Tarantino

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film.…

— Hiroyuki Sanada

“What is essential is to suddenly make a move totally unexpected by the opponent, pick up on the advantage of fright, and…

— Miyamoto Musashi

“As you get the rhythm you discern how to win.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of…

— Nabeshima Naoshige

The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter.…

— Nagisa Oshima

The samurais lived with death constantly. They wore a short dagger to take their own life if need be. At any moment…

— Frederick Lenz

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

— Roger Ebert

I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

— Hiroyuki Sanada