Japanese Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.”
– Pat Morita

“The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.”
– Pat Morita

“Self-deception ultimately explains Japan’s plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest – and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.”
– Paul A Samuelson

“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
– Paul Theroux

“I could never understand how we could put , Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.”
– Phil Donahue

“It’s a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody’s arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere.”
– Quentin Tarantino

“The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market.”
– Randy Neugebauer

“I Came Alive Like A Moth In The Summer Time. Japanese Wheel Blades All Samurai Shine. Brighter Than Them B*tches on the Other Side Time To Make A Blind Mother F*cker Recognize.”
– Rick Ross

“In the Second World War, they’re talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had factories in Germany turning out stuff for the German Army.”
– Rob Walton

“We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes”
– Robert Maynard Hutchins

“We burned to death , Japanese civilians in Tokyo – men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?”
– Robert McNamara

“I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation.”
– Robert Morgan

“I want men to be more chic, and Japanese style has that kind of sophisticated elegance.”
– Roberto Cavalli

“But in , on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. We’d not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age.”
– Sam Donaldson

“I was in Tokyo for my birthday this year and it was kind of sad because Freddie was working. And it was just a small group of us, and we all decided to sort of rent out this tattoo parlor and get tattoos by this amazing guy… It’s on my left ankle. And it’s a cherry blossom, which is obviously very specific to Tokyo. And, um, a little something private. In Katakana. Which is one of the Japanese alphabets.”
– Sarah Michelle Gellar

“I’m a fan of Japanese cinema in general.”
– Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Japanese horror is different. It messes with your head.”
– Sarah Michelle Gellar

“The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past years.”
– Shigeru Yoshida

“The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.”
– Simon Hoggart

“There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes ‘Raise the sail with your stronger hand,’ meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.”
– Soichiro Honda

“Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there’s a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.”
– Suzanne Vega

“Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others’ expectations can be avoided.”
– Tina Weymouth

“Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan’s national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.”
– Tojo Hideki

“I do not want to disappoint our Japanese public, especially Godzilla. Hahaha! I’m just kidding, I know he doesn’t care what humans do.”
– Tracy Morgan

“The future is like a Japanese game show, you have no idea what’s going on.”
– Tracy Morgan

“Harder than readin Japanese, and that look on your face is just screamin don’t bother me.”
– Travis McCoy

“According to Japanese tradition, the bonsai represents the three virtues or shin-zen-bi, which translates into truth, goodness and beauty.”
– Unknown

“In Japanese culture, the bonsai tree symbolizes harmony and balance between nature, man and soul. This representation has since been universally adapted.”
– Unknown

“Just had to explain the electoral college to a Japanese woman at my gym. It’s like the blind leading the blind.”
– Unknown

“Mario: An Italian plumber that was created by Japanese people, who speaks English, but looks like a Mexican.”
– Unknown

“I’ve been missing Japanese literature so much of late.”
– Utada Hikaru

“Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.”
– Utada Hikaru

“The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that’s different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they’re interested.”
– Utada Hikaru

“But in Japanese, there’s actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.”
– UtUtada Hikaru

“The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.”
– Vivienne Westwood

“A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China’s international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese – Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese – American relations.”
– William Kirby

“Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor’s officers’ mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.”
– William Manchester

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