The Samurai is the first to suffer anxiety for human society, and he is the last to seek personal pleasure. — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I loved the Limey [movie]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too… — Akimine Kamijyo Copy Share Image
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
47 Ronin is a very special movie for me. Not only a Samurai thing. Not only a Hollywood fantasy. It has a… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
There's a level where the themes of a film are very relevant to me and also the idea of finding out how… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My… — Masaharu Morimoto Copy Share Image
Before I go off and direct a movie I always look at 4 films. They tend to be: The Seven Samurai, Lawrence… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights,… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
Kim: Hey... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword. Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both? — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I… — Ray Park Copy Share Image
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai — Carlson Gracie Copy Share Image
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted… — Ken Watanabe Copy Share Image
Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab.… — Jerzy Grotowski Copy Share Image
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. — Ming-Dao Deng Copy Share Image
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“She always wishes for the happiness of others like it's the most natural thing. Sometimes I worry... That she's sacrificing her own… — Yū Satomi Copy Share Image
I've done Last Samurai in Japan, in LA, in New Zealand. Even in Japan it is very hard to shoot, because there's… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a… — Takenaka Shigekata Copy Share Image
“At times because of one man’s evil, ten thousand people suffer. So you kill that one man to let the tens of… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
“Depending on one’s point of view, Hagakure represents a mystical beauty intrinsic to the Japanese aesthetic experience, and a stoic but profound… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image