Ibuka Quotes

#1. Sony's "Founding Prospectus," handwritten by Ibuka in 1946, described "a stable workplace where engineers could work to their hearts' content in full consciousness of their joy in technology.

Anonymous

#2. May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face.

Frank Zappa

#3. I have lived my life in the slipstream of experience

Elizabeth Jane Howard

#4. Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.

Masaru Ibuka

#5. When I get a fringe, it's because I'm bored or need a change; I always regret it!

Chloe Sevigny

#6. Suffering was not a punishment from beyond or a malevolent infestation of the soul. Like the earth turning on its axis or energy passing through a conductor, it was a part of the natural world, to be studied, understood, and, when possible, managed.

Joshua Wolf Shenk

#7. In every book she'd ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden their resolve.

Kathleen Tessaro

#8. No-tech tourism is a form of temporal eco-tourism in which one reads books or watches film and TV precisely because of the absence of 21st-century technologies.

Douglas Coupland

#9. We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle - even if he can afford more.

Masaru Ibuka

#10. The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

Richard Cecil

#11. Establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society and work to their heart's content.

Masaru Ibuka

#12. The key to success for Sony, and to everything in business, science and technology for that matter, is never to follow the others.

Masaru Ibuka

#13. A protector - that's who he was, and would always be. What I had wanted when I was cold and hard and joyless; what I had needed to melt the ice of bitter years on the cusp of starvation. I didn't have the nerve to wonder what I wanted or needed now. Who I had become.

Sarah J. Maas

#14. She is gazing out into the night, and the night has a thousand eyes, which are mine.

Elie Wiesel

#15. The key to success for everything in business, science and technology is never to follow the others.

Masaru Ibuka

#16. I've worked hard and I deserve everything I have. I never thought I'd have so much money. I just wanted to be financially stable and it embarrasses me and I don't feel comfortable talking or thinking about it. I don't know exactly how much I have but I don't buy much.

Beyonce Knowles

#17. Mercy, who breaks God's commandments without fear or regret, who works hard to make others suffer, or who fights for personal gain at your expense

Sarah Price

#18. The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life

Michael J. Fox

#19. I'm honestly perplexed about the distinction represented by the cervical wall. On one side, people should be prosecuted if they do anything to harm the fetus, but once on the outside, sorry kid, whatever happens happens. You're on your own.

Jennifer Granholm

#20. (They) were found guilty of continuing to promote the merits of Laetrile in cancer therapy in violation of terms of probation they had originally secured following their 1973 conviction.

Ernst T. Krebs

#21. Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Virat Kohli