Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.

I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.

All in all, it's been a wonderful, wonderful ride. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.

I like video games, I like tech, I like being positive.

I think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to understand my essence and what I would be good at doing, as opposed to what I would not be good at doing, so these little moments of beautiful things that were happening to me were consistent, but very few and very far between.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I think that Stripe generally is comprised of the kind of people who believe in technology or are kind of optimistic about its effect and want to have whatever future it's leading to happen.

I'm not in a mood to fight for things. I feel excited about my career, and I really feel like anything's possible and within my reach.

I got an opportunity to do varied roles so early in my career.

I could probably go through our losses in a lot more detail than our wins, all through my career. But you have to be able to move on to what's next, and I'm very process-oriented and next-day oriented.

I was not sceptical coming to Pakistan. I took the job because I was really excited about it.

My career has been up and down, and I like it much better being up.

All the world is good and agreeable in your eyes.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

I ain't looking back only forward.

I think optimism is in the eyes of the beholder.

The note of hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling to the bottom of the heap of evolution, because, largely, about all a human being is, anyway, is just a hoping machine.

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

Nature designed us to be of good cheer.

A philosopher is a man who can look at an empty glass with a smile.

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.

I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.

I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.

I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I love people.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.