Top 995 Quotes & Sayings by Japanese Authors - Page 2

When creating 'Cowboy Bebop,' I thought it would be more interesting if I added different types of elements together to create something that was completely new.

First, I take a lot of time to just explain my vision of what the game should be to the team. Then I make all subsequent decisions based on how I want to feel when I buy the game, and what impressions I want to have of it. I then go about implementing the little points that will lead up to that finished product.

It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it.

You don't get music in your daily life, do you? Even in a movie, it's unnatural to have music. I always feel it's unnatural. But I want to make it not unnatural, to construct reality in another sense.

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They always say, 'This guy is the best,' 'No, this guy is the best.' But I think everyone is great. I really don't have barriers to any type of music. I could listen to everything from metal to classical music to anything else.

Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.

As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.

I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.

I always admired Hugh Jackman as an actor in movies but also in theatre because I'm a big fan of Broadway musicals.

I don't think I've ever made something that I'm totally satisfied with. That feeling of doubt, or wanting to do more, is my engine to move forward and make the next iteration.

Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms.

I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories.

Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

I love New York. I'm taking English lessons there for the first time. I used to live in Tokyo, but I needed something new. I'm really close to my family. I miss them all the time, but we Skype a lot.

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.

There's nothing that everyone likes in the world. People have different opinions. It's just the way of living. I know that there will be differences.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company.

It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.

Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.

Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.

Carbon-carbon bond formation reactions are important processes in chemistry because they provide key steps in building complex, bio-active molecules developed as medicines and agrochemicals.

Science is to do research because of the target's fascinating and interesting characteristics.

In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.

I wish I could think of a suitable name for the kind of writing I do.

I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases.

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

I have three assistants, but there isn't a head assistant. All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.

I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

I watch golf, just looking at the pros, and I'm in awe of how they play. Not one particular player - maybe all the players.

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.

Molecular chirality plays a key role in science and technology. In particular, life depends on molecular chirality in that many biological functions are inherently dissymmetric.

We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness - not disaster - to human beings.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.

Music is a form of prayer.

I will never again stand on the pitch as a professional player. But I won't stop playing the game.

When I started, people would come to interview me, and just knowing that I worked in videogames - it was like people wanted to stone me, it was that bad. People thought of video games as kind of a bad thing in society. Now, people that come to interview me, they have grown up with video games, and they know what they are; they've experienced it.

What I find kind of annoying as a woman, especially in this society, is how people like to support people who seem like they're struggling when it comes to artists.

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.

There's something always instinctively visually right about nature. There's no difference, to my eye, between looking at a great painting and looking at nature. Because painting, when it's great, has the same immutable rightness, unquestioned rightness, about it.

We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.

I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called 'A Banquet for the Moon.' It was a weird play.

I began cutting up fish when I was a little kid.

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

Before and after my debut, I've helped out other manga artists from time to time, but I have no experience of being exclusively an assistant. Nor have I done individual or self-published manga.

London was the hardest Olympic Games, and before it, I was really just hoping to win a medal, even if it was not the gold medal. At the same time, I have my next target. I am not settling for three golds in a row. I now want to try for a fourth.

I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.

Diversification and globalization are the keys to the future.

I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.