Best Japanese Words
574 Japanese quotes by 418 unique authors
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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no diamonds. He gave them style.
— Diana Vreeland
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I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help us become a…
— Taiichi Ohno
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I recognize the fact that I don't have one single drop of Japanese blood in my body. But I've always felt half Japanese at heart.
— Scott Fujita
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Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the United States belongs…
— Thomas Piketty
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If you can call a Chevrolet a Chev, why can't you call a Japanese a Jap?
— Harold Ballard
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their…
— Utada Hikaru
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I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
— Utada Hikaru
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The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage…
— Townsend Harris
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After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and…
— Harry Seidler
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My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.
— Charles C. Mann
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I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved…
— Nobuo Uematsu
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Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be…
— Tina Weymouth
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Another British study discovered that average eight-year-olds were better able to identify characters from the Japanese card trading game Pokemon than native species in the…
— Richard Louv
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English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will…
— Abdul Kalam
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I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.
— Shinzo Abe
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The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.
— Shinzo Abe
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I absolutely am a big Call of Duty fan. Every time a new Call of Duty comes out – I never play the games online,…
— Guillermo del Toro
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
— Akio Morita
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There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. First, there is the bare beauty of…
— Gustav Stickley
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I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.
— Philip Warren Anderson
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As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories; don't seek the truth.
— Anthony de Mello
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The situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people.
— Katsuya Okada
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Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly…
— Noel Coward
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Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a…
— Thomas Keller
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418 authors contributed a total of 574 Japanese Quotes, led by these top contributors: