Quotes of: Japanese Keyword

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

Haruki Murakami

Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.

Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist.

Matthew Sweet

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

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.

Stan Sakai

O-Ren Ishii: [in Japanese; subtitled] For ridiculing you earlier, I apologize. The Bride: [in Japanese; subtitled] Accepted.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Taka: Japanese men do not help with this Algren: [grabs firewood basket] I am not Japanese

The Last Samurai

Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.

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

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.

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

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.

Doing Business with Japanese Men: A Woman's Handbook

He did not care about titles and was proud to be a farmer beyond all else.

The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore

Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance.

Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.

Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.

Tadao Ando

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

Poverty and loneliness could be seen as a liberation from strivings to become rich and popular.

A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

If my home is indeed a sanctuary, I want to treat everything I bring into it as sacred.

The Wabi-Sabi House: The Japanese Art of Imperfect Beauty

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

I just fell in love with his music. I thought Yanni was Japanese. I didn't have any idea what a Yanni was. I just thought I was in love with a Japanese man who wrote beautiful music.

Linda Evans

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

Jack Adams

Japanese Soldier: We know you're there, Yankee! Sergeant Keck: Tojo eats shit! Japanese Soldier: No, Roosevelt eats shit!

The Thin Red Line