Computers Quote by Walter Isaacson

“Japan is probably the best... example of the abandonment of an ancient and nature-oriented ethos for the spirit of progress, Western style.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

“A Japanese can live on a teaspoonful of rice a day. We were the best breed of worker they had ever hired in their…

— Julie Otsuka

“As much as I'd wanted to stay in Japan to be with him, the real reason was that I wanted control of my life.…

— Amanda Sun

“They understood things of the spirit in Japan. They disembowelled themselves when anything went wrong.”

— Sylvia Plath

“Tokyo was a place you could quite happily exist alone and be self-contained. It seemed to promise that it was better to be by…

— Olivia Sudjic

“The whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.”

— Oscar Wilde

“country. The youngsters became independent; the idea of living isolated in a poor imitation of Japan was finished. We integrated into America.”

— Isabel Allende

“Not about the Japanese, but about moments of perfection. commit it to memory and make good use of it.”

— Melina Marchetta

“As we moved from Tokyo the world became greener.”

— Ruth Ozeki

“One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.”

— Andrew Horvat

“Different cultures and all that, but it’s true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative.”

— Donna Tartt

I can't tell you how important it was for us to be successful in japan.

— Trip Hawkins