Top 100 Samurai's Quotes
#1. There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.
Jean-Pierre Melville
#2. No deeper loneliness than the Samurai's. None but the tiger's in the jungle perhaps. He
Jack Higgins
#3. The new book is a result of my well-documented ... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It's called 'The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,' and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo that has gone missing under extremely violent circumstances.
Stephen Hunter
#4. Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldiers' dreams
Matsuo Basho
#5. Men are bad cyclists, hunters of wild animals, kamikazes, samurai and Christian martyrs.
Christine Gran
#6. It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
#8. Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto
#9. Be a Samurai.
Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky.
Laini Taylor
#10. Sparta, Rome, the knights of Europe, the samurai . . . worshipped strength. Because it is strength that makes all other values possible.
Timothy Ferriss
#11. I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like to fight against all authorities and powers.
Nagisa Oshima
#12. There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle ... Perhaps ...
Jean-Pierre Melville
#13. No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life
Nobuhiro Watsuki
#14. trees [-]
Inside their wooden samurai armor they are geisha beauties, each one a 'person-of-the-arts,' limbs dancing, arranging flowers, carrying the wind's music, the calligraphy of their roots pure poetry, rhyming earth and berth.
Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
#15. No magnetic wombats, no flying hyenas, no catfish masquerading as samurai, and, MOST CERTAINLY, no Duku jam!
Gina Marinello-Sweeney
#16. The rat scuttles, the big cat creeps, the monkey dashes,
The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts,
And the owl hoots
In the middle of the night.
Sandy Fussell
#17. A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.
Chris Bradford
#18. I know nothing about how to win over others. I know only the way know the way to win over myself.
attributed to the (master) swordsman Yagyu, who was a teacher (and samurai?) to the Shogun himself.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto
#19. If you are unaware that the world is teeming with ineptitude from the beginning, you will develop a bitter countenance, and in turn others will eschew you.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto
#20. There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too light. And third, there's nothing in the world I can't tear up.
Akimine Kamijyo
#21. Let's think about something more cheerful, shall we? Like puppies or flowers or samurai swords.
Heather Wood
#22. Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life.
Edward Zwick
#23. When the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout counter of our dreams, we must not be afraid to hurl the fruit cocktail can of hope.
Dave Barry
#24. A spiritual path for the modern samurai, but in the service of the heart, not the dictatorship of the ego.
Vincent Thibault
#25. Life is like swordplay. Grip it, hold it tightly, then make your move.
Louis Edward Rosas
#26. Kim Stanley Robinson wields a pen like a samurai sword
Me
#27. I feel like a millionaire on the back of an armored jet-ski my samurai girlfriend who loves me is charging at a cartel speedboat to win a game of chicken. Isn't this the day's best part? You don't even have to remember to enjoy it. It enjoys you into itself.
Adam Levin
#28. A samurai never worries about losing his life. He worries about losing his honour. Being shamed is far worse than losing your life. A samurai is always ready to die - for his lord, for his honour. That's the samurai way
Lesley Downer
#29. You can always die. It's living that takes real courage. - Himura Kenshin
Nobuhiro Watsuki
#30. When i've done camera test, after we've shot and I've seen the monitor with the glasses (wearing a Kimono) and looking by myself in 3D. Oh my god. Especially for a Samurai film. I've never seen that. It's kind of a culture shock.
Hiroyuki Sanada
#31. Such it is for those in the grips of misfortune: declarations of support and sympathy, rather than providing comfort, may merely increase the victim's pain.
Osamu Dazai
#32. I've done Last Samurai in Japan, in LA, in New Zealand. Even in Japan it is very hard to shoot, because there's been so many changes. Only around a temple can we shoot.
Hiroyuki Sanada
#33. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way.
his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto
#34. Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies. It has this gritty feeling to it, and it's got a little bit of everything - a little bit of western, a little bit of samurai, and a lot of this very cinematic violence that I personally think is very entertaining.
Tove Styrke
#35. Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
Lucy Liu
#36. And when the moment came, even then Genji would be fortunate. He would die without fear, drenched in his own heart's blood, in the embrace of a beautiful woman, and she would weep for him.
What samurai could hope for more?
Takashi Matsuoka
#37. A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.
Stan Sakai
#38. Artie: It's in here.
Jim: Let's check this [box] first, Artie.
Artie: Oh. [Finding a fake Sword of Kuniyoshi] Phony! How do you like that? Phony!
Jim: Artie ... so are our bonds.
Artie: Oh. You can't trust anybody these days.
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#39. You re-watch 'Napoleon Dynamite', and there's a lot of thrift shopping that goes on in that movie; there's a lot of funny stuff. It's definitely amusing, and paying 99 cents for a samurai sword is amazing.
Al Madrigal
#40. The essence of samurai is not just service, but loyalty to his master, to a cause greater than himself.
Barry Eisler
#41. I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that.
Tom Cruise
#42. We are samurai, Lord. Death defines us. We must become a master of dealing it to our enemies, yes, but most of all lose all fear of our own.
David Kirk
#43. The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
#44. Scientist and smart fellow learner-of-stuff, want to do samurai-monster training with us? We intend to become dangerous.
Laini Taylor
#45. Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and
are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A
serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining
his spirit than with developing martial skills.
Eiji Yoshikawa
#46. In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the knowledge of martial arts to gain victory any way you can.
Miyamoto Musashi
#47. If you learn to lead your life strategically and strongly, you can overcome the opposition. But running away, you never overcome anything. The pathway to enlightenment is for the warrior, the samurai.
Frederick Lenz
#48. It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.
Hiroyuki Sanada
#49. You know, there's a joke in there somewhere. A Highlander, a Viking, and a Samurai walk into a bar.
N.R. Walker
#50. One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all have shaved heads, and you've got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said.
George Lucas
#51. I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!'
John DiMaggio
#52. It's actually the samurai spirit, which is 'no fear and never give up.
Enson Inoue
#53. New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.
Nobuhiro Watsuki
#54. I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.
Masaharu Morimoto
#55. What is essential is to suddenly make a move totally unexpected by the opponent, pick up on the advantage of fright, and seize the victory right then and there.
Miyamoto Musashi
#56. SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.
Gozo Shioda
#57. Now, let's not be hasty,' said Mik 'What exactly is a samurai, really? Do you think that's something we should know before we wish it?'
'Good point. It might turn us both into Japenese men.' She squinted at him. 'Would you still love me if I were a Japenese man?'
'Of course
Laini Taylor
#58. As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who loves beautification where it is unnecessary is fit for punishment.
Kato Kiyomasa
#59. Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered, mythomaniac or crook to each yourself and the environment.
Wojciech Kurtyka
#60. I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
Mencius
#61. The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
Dustin Diamond
#62. The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it's told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.
George Lucas
#63. Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and ... you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay ... now be Samurai.
Jerzy Grotowski
#64. I love family reunions. Maybe next year we could pass out samurai swords.
Doug Solter
#65. When I was young I used to practice a martial art that was a mixture of karate, kung fu, Jujitsu, Yawara Kubotan, Aikido, Okinawan kobudo, Newaza, etc.; now I am just a theoretical samurai or a bushido scholar if you prefer.
William C. Brown
#66. brace covered his neck. Dark, fingerless gloves covered his hands to allow a better grip on his shotgun. An aluminum baseball bat was slung across his back, Samurai-style, in a crude scabbard next to a large backpack He
Keith C. Blackmore
#67. You are not a samurai, Nate. You're a medically-savvy immortal with Star Wars bed sheets.
Chelsea Fine
#68. In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto
#69. The Samurai always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come.
Lyoto Machida
#70. Much comment has been given lately to the Code of the Samurai,
the Art of Death which makes our soldiers exult in self- sacrifice; but scarcely any attention has been drawn to Teaism, which represents so much of our Art of Life.
Okakura Kakuzo
#71. Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side.
Jim Jarmusch
#72. My last semester at Vassar, I'd taken to wearing nunchakus in a strap-on holster and carrying around a samurai sword - that should tell you all you need to know.
Anthony Bourdain
#73. Kim: Hey ... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword.
Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both?
Bryan Lee O'Malley
#74. The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.
Nabeshima Naoshige
#75. In the half-light through the drawn curtains she sits on her perch, relaxed, hooded, extraordinary. Formidable talons, wicked, curved black beak, sleek, cafe-au-lait front streaked thickly with cocoa-coloured teardrops, looking for all the world like some cappuccino samurai.
Helen Macdonald
#76. I watch mostly every martial arts movie ... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual meaning behind them, like samurai movies, or movies that have meditation.
Tony Jaa
#77. I'm starting to question our choice of life skills," she whispered to him.
"I know. Why aren't we samurai?"
"Let's be samurai," she said.
Laini Taylor
#78. Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
Steven Spielberg
#79. Commitment doesn't have conditions. A compassionate samurai follows through whether it feels good or not; average people do what they feel like doing.
Brian Klemmer
#80. We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof ...
Takayuki Yamaguchi
#81. Anyway I think I met him in the Swai. I was a Geisha, he was a Samurai
Nicki Minaj
#82. Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai
Carlson Gracie
#83. You'd expect that as much as a samurai would expect a kick in the balls.
Kelley Armstrong
#84. Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
Alexander The Great
#85. If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept it, who does the gift belong to? - asked the Samurai.
Paulo Coelho
#86. I am inspired by both Japanese Samurai films, in particular the films of Kurosawa, and how they share the spirit of American Westerns, with the influences running in both directions, and including the 'Spaghetti Westerns' and films of Sam Peckinpah.
Ann Nocenti
#87. A samurai was essentially a man of action.
Inazo Nitobe
#88. The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions.
Miyamoto Musashi
#89. I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.
Alexander Payne
#90. I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Tony Goldwyn
#91. 47 Ronin is a very special movie for me. Not only a Samurai thing. Not only a Hollywood fantasy. It has a very special mixture between Japanese traditional culture and Western culture for the costume, set, story. Everything. I believe it will be a very special film that no one has ever seen.
Hiroyuki Sanada
#92. In the world of old memories, there's no room for visitors
Nobuhiro Watsuki
#93. I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.
Hiroyuki Sanada
#94. I HAD known him as a bulldozer, as a samurai, as an android programmed to kill, as Plastic Man and Titanium Man and Matter-Eater Lad, as a Buick Electra, as a Peterbilt truck, and even, for a week, as the Mackinac Bridge, but it was as a werewolf that Timothy Stokes finally went too far.
Michael Chabon
#95. Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy creates a certain mindset of reactiveness with control to a point. And after that, it's gone.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
#96. You seem to be under the misconception that if you perform one brave deed, that alone makes you a samurai. Well it doesn't! you let that one act of loyalty convince you of your righteousness. The more convinced you became, the more harm you caused yourself and everyone else.
Eiji Yoshikawa
#97. I'm a huge lover of 'Seven Samurai' and anything Kurosawa ever did. The comedic work out of Japan in terms of martial arts movies, some of them are hilarious.
Ann Nocenti
#98. Becoming the opponent means you should put yourself in an opponent's place and think from the opponent's point of view.
Miyamoto Musashi
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