“I know how comfortable it is to curl up with a nice, fat book full of big words and think you're going to solve all the problems in the universe. But you're not, you know. A bit of action is required every now and then.”
Teresa Wright - Carol Beldon

“I do not understand American workers. They come five minutes late, leave two minutes early. They stay home when they are sick. They put themselves above company. You seem to feel the same way as they do.”

Gedde Watanabe - Oishi Kazihiro

“- Oishi Kazihiro: In Japan, production in same sized factory is 40% higher.
- Saito: With superior quality.
- Hunt Stevenson: That's impossible. How can you guys work that fast?
- Oishi Kazihiro: Japanese worker is very loyal to company. Is very proud when company does well. Is ashamed when it does poorly.”
Gedde Watanabe - Oishi Kazihiro
Sab Shimono - Saito
Michael Keaton - Hunt Stevenson

“- Oishi Kazihiro: In Japan, when production lags, worker stays longer in factory.
- Hunt Stevenson: Okay, overtime. We can talk about overtime. I understand it now.
- Oishi Kazihiro: They do not do it for pay. They do it for company.
- Hunt Stevenson: Yeah, but that's there, this is here.”
Gedde Watanabe - Oishi Kazihiro
Michael Keaton - Hunt Stevenson

“A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.”

Lucile Watson - Mrs. Morehead