We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

I don't like games. You're robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.

Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.

If you're going to retire, retire early.

But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.