Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn.

With sushi, it is all about balance. Sometimes they cut the fish too thick, sometimes too thin. Often the rice is overcooked or undercooked. Not enough rice vinegar or too much.

I'm not perfect. I am not Iron Man.

A different spice is the most interesting thing to me.

Any kind of vision needs people.

I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything.

I travel all over the world, usually 10 months out of the year. I stay at a lot of hotels, and the ones I like best are clean and not complicated. You go to bed and say, 'Wow, I feel comfortable.'

Meditation is the energy of the mind,

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

If we don't get reform in campaign financing, then we can write this country off.

I used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck. Then it was a monkey's paw. Now it's a camel's toe.

If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.

I want to be able to take care of my family.

Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies in us.

Be the man of no one! Instead, be the man of truth, only the truth!

Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.