12 quotes found
“Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”
“To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.”
“Todays youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon.”
“Today’s youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon.”
“But I prefer to think of my brother as a negative strip of film that led to my own development as a positive image.”
“IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?”
“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better. Especially scientists. Th...”
“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves...”
“If the Emperor had not delivered his [15 August 1945] address urging the Japanese people to lay down their swordsif that speech had been a call instead for the Honorable Death of the Hundred Millio...”
“In the pre-war era when itinerant home-remedy salesmen still wandered the country, they had a traditional patter for selling a potion that was supposed to be particularly effective in treating burn...”
“Granting that there is some truth to the theory that defects in society give rise to the emergence of criminals, I still maintain that those who use this theory as a defense of criminality are over...”
