Sadao Quotes & Sayings

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly. — Sadao Araki

I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to. — Elaine Paige

kill trhe beast before it kills you — Thaddeus Stevens

Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived. — Sadao Araki

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. — Roman Abramovich

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union. — Sadao Araki

Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it. — Joseph Kosinski

We don't do movies for the industry. We do movies for the fans, for the people. If the industry give you a trophy or not, or pat you on the back or not, it's nice, but it's not something you should dwell on. — Ice Cube

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites. — Sadao Araki

A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval. — Sadao Araki

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army. — Sadao Araki

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible. — Sadao Araki

I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell, and the other is Lousy ... 'It's swell to be with you and excuse, please, my lousy English! — Vicki Baum

Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty of Japan to fulfill her natural destiny, to cause China to respect the Japanese, to expel Chinese influence from Manchuria, and to follow the way of imperial destiny. — Sadao Araki

What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be! — Sadao Araki

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world. — Sadao Araki

Never play anything the same way twice. — Louis Armstrong

The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times. — Sadao Araki

My favorite is doing the television show, as a variety show, every week. If the show wasn't that great one week, we could always come back and apologize, you know? — Carol Burnett

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality. — Sadao Araki

In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post. — Sadao Araki

Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined. — Sadao Araki

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. — Nathalie Sarraute

According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended. — Sadao Araki

In order to have enough of the raw materials ... which will be lacking in wartime, we should plan to acquire and use foreign resources existing in our expected sphere of influence, such as Sakhalim, China, and the Southern Pacific. — Sadao Araki

The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the five continents. Anything that may hinder its progress must be abolished, even by force. — Sadao Araki

I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sadao Watanabe. — Hiromi

Who? Mr. Dalton has his hand firmly on Grace's elbow, as though she can't manoeuvre herself through the blockade of tables and chairs.
She could fly right through you, thinks Jack. — Helen Humphreys