Akira Toriyama Quotes

It's a secret, but when I decided to apply to 'Shonen Magazine,' it was already past the deadline, so I had no choice but to go with 'Shonen Jump.' My motivation for becoming a cartoonist was... to put it bluntly, the ¥100,000 prize money.

Akira Toriyama

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: April 5, 1955

Topics

MoneyPastMotivationChoiceJump

I find it odd that people take me seriously.

Jeremy Paxman

PeopleMeFindSeriouslyTakeOdd

The editors and the creators of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' they are so good at casting and at finding these young, beautiful lunatics to go on the show.

Joel McHale

GoodBeautifulFindingGoYoung

My dad would come to pick me up from high school in a beaver-skin cap, big gloves, his parka and everything. It was so funny to see him show up - his beard all frozen from being out with the dogs.

John Gourley

FunnySchoolMeBeardHigh School

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Michael Bloomberg

PowerControlNobodyGoingDelegate

I'm under stress. They killed me on wikipedia. They killed me. And I didn't stay dead long enough to sell no DVDs. I didn't even stay dead long enough - I was too stupid. I should've stayed low. I should've laid low. I could've been gone for a year; I'd have made money. And then I'd have risen from the dead.

Sinbad

MoneyStressMeStupidEnoughYear

The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if it's today. But if you do this, you can only do targeted research. If you only do targeted research, you lose the side-routes.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

TodayVisionTomorrowResearchLose

You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and Clark and put them up there, but Everest is still in charge; it can still kick butt.

Jon Krakauer

New YorkLawyerYouPlayNewButt

Most of the people I know, their marriages went down the drain, like mine - something I am not proud of.

Don McCullin

I AmPeopleProudDownKnowMine

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

Johnny Weir

FallPlaceCreateWantWillWay

There's going to be a lot of collaborative social experiences with Rift and Touch.

Brendan Iribe

TouchExperiencesSocialGoingRift

I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process.

Anupam Kher

SadPeopleAmazingMeProcessEnjoy

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.

Suze Orman

HomeMoneyBalancePeopleMeCredit

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