Quotes by japanese authors

I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type. Tadashi Shoji

Type Television Like Cameras Quiet Hollywood

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way. Tadashi Shoji

Myself Think Way Know Am Famous Japan Really

My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy. Tadashi Shoji

Me Business Joy Brother Gives He Proud Built Very

Everyone thinks the fashion business is so glamorous. It's completely the opposite. Tadashi Shoji

Fashion Business Everyone Glamorous Opposite Thinks

People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing. Tadashi Yanai

People Money Spend High-Quality Lot Get Clothing

Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers. Tadashi Yanai

Fall Too Hamburgers Often Plain Creating Trap

We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world. Tadashi Yanai

Best Technology World Country Think Textile Japanese Manufacturing

I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria. Tadashi Yanai

People Collective Tend Hysteria Afraid Japanese Japanese People

The world's major metropolitan cities are more or less the same. Tadashi Yanai

World Cities More More Or Less Major Metropolitan Same Less

I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different. Tadashi Yanai

Politics Hate Say Different They Say

You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful. Tadashi Yanai

Crazy You Eccentric Guy Very Little Successful

America, for me, is the country where, if you have something great to offer, you'll be valued highly. Tadashi Yanai

Great Me You Country Valued Something Highly Offer America Where

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen. Tadashi Yanai

Class People Opportunity Will Half Big Become One-Third Only Least Big Opportunity Maybe Middle Middle Class Japan Asia Japanese Businessmen Nearly

Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept. Tadashi Yanai

Success Amazing Value Rare Giving Employees Build Late Valuing Admire About Retail Concept Particularly Also Industry Policy Discount His Up Very Wal-Mart Sam Store Story Success Story Much Used Strategies

I think I may not be able to retire. Tadashi Yanai

Think Able Retire May

Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia. Tadashi Yanai

When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the country into the contemporary art world. So that's how I came up with the term 'superflat.' Takashi Murakami

Art Culture People World Try Country Important Own Background My Own Combine Term Contemporary Contemporary Art Felt How Making Came Up Very Art World Debut Artist

I always have stress. Takashi Murakami

Stress Always