Japanese Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.”
– Dana Rohrabacher

“Another dynamic of this last year was our increased penetration into the Japanese market.”
– David Milne

“I’d forgotten I’d done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film.”
– David Ogden Stiers

“The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.”
– David Rockefeller

“The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.”
– David Rockefeller

“The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That’s the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.”
– David Suzuki

“All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.”
– Eisaku Sato

“It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people.”
– Eisaku Sato

“Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing the horrors of modern warfare on their own soil during World War II.”
– Eisaku Sato

“They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races.”
– Emperor Hirohito

“I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines.”
– Eva Herzigova

“Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree – they bear no fruit.”
– Francis Marion

“But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.”
– George Takei

“On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days – flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little.”
– Gustav Klimt

“Sometimes I miss out the morning’s painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.”
– Gustav Klimt

“First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture.”
– Gustav Stickley

“So are you Chinese or Japanese?”
– Hank Hill

“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 infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings.”
– Harry Seidler

“I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.”
– Henry L Stimson

“The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S- will resolve itself.”
– Henry L Stimson

“We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.”
– Henry L Stimson

“From the point of the view of the nation’s power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts.”
– Hideki Tojo

“Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan’s real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.”
– Hideki Tojo

“The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution of Japanese residents in China, and the illegal violation of Japanese rights.”
– Hideki Tojo

“The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks.”
– Hideki Tojo

“I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe.”
– Hidetoshi Nakata

“Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.”
– Howard Stringer

“It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.”
– Hu Shih

“The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.”
– Ichiro Suzuki

“Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.”
– J M Roberts

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