Quotes of: Japanese Keyword

I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.

Tadashi Yanai

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

Phil Collins

O-Ren Ishii: Your instrument is quite impressive. Where was it made? The Bride: Okinawa. O-Ren Ishii: [in Japanese] Whom in Okinawa made you this steel? The Bride: [in Japanese] Hattori Hanzo. O-Ren Ishii: [in Japanese] YOU LIE! [the Bride shows Hatt...

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--and Japan to the West

Unosuke, gunfighter: [in Japanese] By the way, those six men were cut up pretty well. You're the only one around here good enough to have done something like that. Sanjuro: [in Japanese] And your point? Unosuke, gunfighter: [in Japanese] I'm thinking...

Yojimbo

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

It was painful to consider that the nation which could produce the world's greatest battleships was unable under pressure to produce a single satisfactory torpedo boat.

Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes

Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

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

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

Tadao Ando

It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me.

Robert Jenkins

The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic.

Shuji Nakamura

I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.

Grimes

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 any East Asian culture, you will find that women have a very tangible power within the household. This is often rejcted by non-Asian feminists who argue that it is not real power, but.. Japanese women look at the low status attributed to the domes...

Broken Silence: Voices of Japanese Feminism

If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty.

Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900

Beware. Those with the least amount of authority exercise it the most often.

GAMAN The Japanese Art of Patience

Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.

Mirei Shigemori: Modernizing the Japanese Garden

A fallen blossom returning to the bough, I thought -- But no, a butterfly.

Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

Ichiro Suzuki

[first lines] Farmer: [in Japanese] Wait, son. Traveler: [in Japanese] Let me go, father. It's my chance.

Yojimbo