Yamamoto Isoroku Quotes & Sayings

You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass. — Isoroku Yamamoto

The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once ... I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii ... — Isoroku Yamamoto

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least. — Phil Elvrum

Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House. — Isoroku Yamamoto

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments. — Isoroku Yamamoto

People always say 'Motivation is great but it doesn't last.' I just tell them, bathing does not last either, that is why I recommend it daily. — Zig Ziglar

Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively - and there were a lot of choices - writing songs was king. — Jakob Dylan

In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success. — Isoroku Yamamoto

The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants, — Isoroku Yamamoto

If I were asked to name the deadliest subversive force within capitalism
the single greatest source of its waning morality
I should without hesitation name advertising. How else should one identify a force that debases language, drains thought, and undoes dignity? If the barrage of advertising, unchanged in its tone and texture, were devoted to some other purpose
say the exaltation of the public sector
it would be recognized in a moment for the corrosive element that it is. But as the voice of the private sector it escapes this startled notice. I mention it only to point out that a deep source of moral decay for capitalism arises from its own doings, not from that of its governing institutions. — Robert L. Hellbroner

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America. — Isoroku Yamamoto

I wonder what Heaven must think of the people down here on this small black speck in the universe that is earth, or of all their talk about the last few years-which are no more than a flash compared with eternity-being 'a time of emergency. It's really ridiculous. — Isoroku Yamamoto

Sex and violence ... are the two great engines of the world. — James Carlos Blake

Life may change, but it may fly not;
Hope may vanish, but can die not;
Truth be veiled, but still it burneth;
Love repulsed, - but it returneth! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun! — Isoroku Yamamoto

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident. — Eckhart Tolle

Japan would never invade the United States. We would find a rifle behind every blade of grass. — Isoroku Yamamoto

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war. — Isoroku Yamamoto

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. — Isoroku Yamamoto

Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more. — Isoroku Yamamoto

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. — Isoroku Yamamoto

The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand. — Isoroku Yamamoto