Speak Japanese

Famous quotes containing the words speak and/or japanese:

“If we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)