China Quotes
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
Look son, the Human Pig.(shocked)Mother, y-you're inhuman!(deadpan)Another animal could do this?
Have been most timid of cowards from day of birth, " replied Li Han, without shame, "and this is an inauspicious day."- "No it ain't, " said Olaf, "it ban Thursday.
He advised that I could invest in stocks to make money. Given that I have a negative balance, that was where the conversation stopped.
And now that I have been scammed once, I felt like it could not happen to me again.
Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji
My position at the Palace is our one opportunity. Have confidence in my destiny. Do not weep.
Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.
In Chinese business culture, humility is a virtue.
When you’re in another country, remember to do as the locals do, since it is your ways that may seem strange of offensive to them.
I reserve magick for necessities, a bit like the good china. It has a time and a place, but eating peanut butter sandwiches off it each morning chips and devalues it.
Living in China has made me appreciate my own country, with its tiny, ethnically diverse population of unassuming donut-eaters.
Faxian and Xuanzang might have been the first Chinese to travel to India, but sometimes it felt like I was the first.
Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.
The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.
Don’t take everything for granted, and do not always count on finding everything you need.
When given the chance to see China off the beaten track, definitely take it.
Wealth gives you options, and your decisions about what to do with your options say much about your character.
I don't know where I am going, I just know I had to leave. Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.
And so the result of several years of Everybody Shareskyism, other than slaughtering people, is for everybody to stand around and stare blankly at each other.
Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more colorful commentary on the human condition.
Honor the old but allow for innovation.
To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat.
Happiness is a conscious choice we make for ourselves. It has to come from within.
Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party?I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces.In the name of revolution, for thought crimes, Such questions can turn me to ashes.
History is the archaeology of the present and future.
To achieve the ultimate Confucian objective—a virtuous society—America has favored the rule of laws over Confucian-style virtues.
A convergence exists in the search for human excellence on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
China seems to have skillfully adapted a Monroe Doctrine, or “Ménluó” (a transliteration of the word “Monroe”) Doctrine, in America’s backyard.
Li, a willowy manboy with a shock of black hair atop a mouthful of bad teeth was the brother-in-law he had introduced to industrial espionage several years back. Rong often regretted that.
China's success lies on being a communist community within and a capitalist company outside.
Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own.
Our stable and eternal verities are being challenged. There's a kind of postmodern breakdown in journalism. The breadth of information sources and the speed of transmission are growing
One hears a great many things, true, but can gather nothing definite.
I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder
If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist."(Voltaire)
I will tell him that I've always thought he was a monster. And that I want to be his bride
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
What a ruler has to rely upon is only the human heart. Human hearts are to the ruler what roots are to a tree, what oil is to a lamp, water to fish, fields to a farmer, or money to a merchant.
Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest.
You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.
Beauty can make a woman rich, but if she relies solely on her looks to get by, she'll always remain under a man's thumb.
This two-track plan of nationalism and development (in China) is a historically powerful weapon.