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

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

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

Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

You only fail if you stop writing.RAY BRADBURY

lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

There are times of great beauty on a coffee farm. When the plantation flowered in the beginning of the rains, it was a radiant sight, like a cloud of chalk, in the mist of the drizzling rain.

I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.

it is better to be happy alone than to be miserable with someone else

The people who put you down don't have to stop you from chasing your dreams. Stand up, and prove them wrong.

I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.