Quotes of: Japanese-people Keyword

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.

Carlos Ghosn

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

Shigeru Miyamoto

I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.

Tadashi Yanai

To sum up what is most crucial in Japanese political culture: the Japanese have never been encouraged to think that the force of an idea could measure up to the physical forces of a government. The key to understanding Japanese power relations is tha...

The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation

I'd not underestimate the competitive powers of the Japanese people.

John Roos

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

J. Paul Getty

In Japan, however, if you against someone and create a bad atmosphere, your relations may break-off completely. People tend to react emotionally, and most are afraid of being excluded from the group.

The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

This may seem labouring the obvious, but in Japan one meets intelligent people who claim that ‘logic’ is something invented in the West to allow Westerners to win discussions. Indeed, the belief is widespread that the Japanese can as happily do w...

The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation

In order to live without creating any serious problems for the group's harmony, people avoid expressing their ideas clearly, even the point of avoiding giving a simple yes or no answer. If a person really wanted to say no, he or she said nothing at f...

The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

The Japanese Way of the Artist: Living the Japanese Arts & Ways, Brush Meditation, The Japanese Way of the Flower

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.

The Japanese Way of the Artist: Living the Japanese Arts & Ways, Brush Meditation, The Japanese Way of the Flower

People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the only moral they know.

I Am a Japanese Writer

People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different...

Shigeru Miyamoto

People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

The secret to making yourself stronger is to absorb the strength of the people around you—energy begets energy.

My Life in Japanese Art and Gardens: From Entrepreneur to Connoisseur

In pursuing a ‘way,’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate.

Geeky-Girly Innovation: A Japanese Subculturalist's Guide to Technology and Design

Japanese Businessman: [in Japanese; subtitled] Do you like Ferraris? Go Go Yubari: [in Japanese] Ferraris... Italian trash. [Japanese businessman giggles] Go Go Yubari: Do you want to screw me? [Japanese businessman giggles again] Go Go Yubari: Don't...

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview.

Geeky-Girly Innovation: A Japanese Subculturalist's Guide to Technology and Design

I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.

A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

I have a tattoo on my foot that says 'it's a whale' in Japanese, because Japanese people kill whales. My stuffed whale was like most children's teddy bear. I took it with me everywhere. I slept with it. I couldn't live without my whale.

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