I. M. Pei Quotes

I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But that's about all. And I've traveled all over the world, and for a long time I didn't know very much about it, really.

I. M. Pei

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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

Jacky Ickx
- Long
- Now
- Racing
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Karl Marx
- Men
- Real
- History
As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.

V. S. Naipaul
- Up
- World
- Children
We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling.

Tamsin Greig
- Life
- Great
- Long
There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.

Samuel Gompers
- Long
- Achieve
- Determined
In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- World
- Great
- Country