"[The Japanese auto industry should] catch up with America in three years. Otherwise the Japanese auto industry will n…"

"My father served the State by investing a weaving machine. He told me to make automobiles. It is difficult to create …"

"Japan has a lot of engineers who work at desks. When it comes to implementation, though, they lose confidence and hav…"

"Before you say you can't do something, try it."

"Forbes.com readers and editors rank Sakichi Toyoda as the 13th most influential businessman of all time... Sakichi To…"

"Toyoda Kiichiro was the founder of the in 1937. His short career with the firm was enough to lay the foundations for …"

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

"All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten…"