Author of quotes: Kazuo Ishiguro

A person can work and serve in one place, but at the very end,” he shrugged his shoulders and smiled sadly, “at the very end, he still wants to return to where he grew up.

When people want to become selfish and forget about their responsibilities, you immediately hear about democracy.

My new physicist, dad, I swear he doesn't even half know what you know. And he's a weird guy. If he wasn’t all this mega-cool and certified guy, I’d say, like, Mom, we need to tell him to be arrested. No, no, don't panic, he's behaving decently. It's just that you can see that he is making something in his barn, you know, in order to blow us all up.

It is noteworthy that those who speak in this sceptical spirit, are consistently the most mediocre in a professional respect; those who understand themselves not promoted to a prominent position, and therefore, they seek to bring down others to their level.

I would like to forgive me but not counting on it. In any case, that's not all, it is only a small part. The main thing - that I kept you and Tommy apart. Her voice turned almost into a whisper. - It was the worst thing I did.

... I can't expect you to forgive me. I even think that you don't have to do that. But still I ask your forgiveness.

You are really very good. I would fit everything in, if you weren't you.

By its very nature a witty response leaves no time to think of all the range of possible outcomes - it is not necessary to hesitate, and people not having in this respect the necessary skills and experience highly likely to blurt out something unholy.

Democracy was good for a bygone era. And now the world is too complex to allow for universal suffrage and things like that.

If the artist refuses to sacrifice quality in the name of speed, that is what all of us and should be respected.

Democracy is fine and still it does not mean that our citizens have the right to rebel as soon as they with something do not agree.

In his youth a lot of it seems boring and lifeless. But then, as you get older, you suddenly find that these things are for you the most important.

Influence and social status of the person can increase completely unbeknownst to him, if he works hard, setting a goal is not the improvement of the status, and the satisfaction that comes from performing work at the highest level.

... from time to time there are moments - moments of extreme loneliness, thinking: "my God, what did I do with my life." And thoughts about what it could have been another life, fortunate enough.