I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Americans make money by playing `money games,' namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth ... instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

We don't believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.