Chinese Quotes

• From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

  

  Lee Myung-bak
  • Perspective
  • Investment
  • Korea

• It is shameful that there are so few women in science. In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine.

  

  Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Accomplishment
  • Scientist
  • Physics

• The Chinese government learnt how to manage the Internet from Western developed countries; we have not learnt enough yet.

  

  Lu Wei
  • Chinese

• Early on, I played a Chinese delivery person, and even that, which was very innocuous, felt like I was somehow betraying myself. I felt very self-conscious on set doing that role, with a crew that was almost entirely white.

  

  John Cho
  • Chinese

• Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic.

  

  Peter L. Berger
  • People
  • Chinese

• I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.

  

  Max Baucus
  • Time
  • Chinese

• My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

  

  Jet Li
  • Children
  • She
  • Culture

• I would have been surprised if you had not asked that question, because everywhere I am, I am asked how about the Chinese. There’s a lot of sudden interest on the Chinese and Africa. You know, what is it that we are trying to do in Africa? Africa as a continent in pursuit of development.

  

  Jakaya Kikwete
  • Trying
  • Question
  • Chinese

• We're not going to scramble to make Chinese movies that we don't believe in; we're not going to make co-productions that we don't believe in, and we're not going to try to jam product into China that doesn't make sense.

  

  Jon Feltheimer
  • Believe
  • Chinese

• I heard that senior officials in China and the United States were discussing whether to encourage a coup in North Korea to get a more pliable ruler. So I've taken steps to ensure that this can't happen. The man in our government closest to the Chinese, who could have arranged such a coup attempt, was my uncle. The man who would have been my natural replacement was my half brother. Both have been liquidated, as have more than 100 disloyal high-level officials.

  

  Kim Jong-un
  • Men
  • Taken
  • Brother

• I don't hate the Chinese. We're brothers, and we share a border. I just hate the government, politicians, policies, not the people.

  

  Lee Hyeon-seo
  • People
  • Hate
  • Chinese

• I actually didn't grow up in a household that loved Chinese food particularly, and it's not really my go-to food or anything... We were more a pizza family, being from the Chicago area and all.

  

  Jami Attenberg
  • Up
  • Family
  • Food

• The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it's about how you perform.

  

  Philip Hammond
  • Men
  • May
  • Chinese

• In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' named after a classical Chinese novel, and later 'The Sims,' a life-simulation game, and 'StarCraft,' a science-fiction game.

  

  Kim Young-ha
  • Life
  • Game
  • Science

• My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or Chinese ways of thinking. He's always been much more attracted to American ways of thinking. He feels Americans are more open - they tell you what they think - and he's very much that way himself.

  

  David Henry Hwang
  • Thinking
  • American
  • Father

• A mellow understanding of life and of human nature is, and always has been, the Chinese ideal of character, and from that understanding other qualities are derived, such as pacifism, contentment, calm and strength of endurance which distinguish the Chinese character.

  

  Lin Yutang
  • Life
  • Character
  • Nature

• Slavery existed all over the world. The Egyptians had slaves. The Chinese had slaves. The Africans did. American Indians had slaves long before Columbus. And tragically, slavery continues today in many countries. What's uniquely Western is the abolition of slavery. And what's uniquely American is the fighting of a great war to end it.

  

  Dinesh D'Souza
  • World
  • Great
  • Long

• There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.

  

  Paul Oakenfold
  • Music
  • Chinese
  • Influence

• If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people a year die in Chinese factories and facilities because they don't have any safety regulations. It's a carnage; it's Dickensian.

  

  Peter Navarro
  • People
  • Die
  • Safety

• I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

  

  Alicia Sacramone
  • Chinese

• I loved going to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei to watch all the old Chinese people doing tai chi and practicing kung fu. The monument was made of white marble, and it was beautiful. Sometimes my dad and I would practice with them.

  

  Jimmy Chin
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Dad

• You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.

  

  Ella Maillart
  • Time
  • Risk
  • Brave

• I grew up in a Chinese American enclave where the person who lived down the street had literally lived down the street from my mother in Shanghai.

  

  Jenny Zhang
  • Up
  • American
  • Mother

• As the Chinese grew in numbers, the immigrant population grew to the extent that it became a huge economic threat, there were efforts among white workers to organize among themselves politically, and what was unfortunate was that both major parties adopted anti-Chinese platforms.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Chinese
  • Population
  • Platform

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