Chinese Quotes

I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

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

I wanna say 'China', but I don't really mean 'China.' I just mean the places that Chinese people come from.

My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional.

The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united.

All the rest of the world uses the word electricity. They've borrowed the word from English. But we Chinese have our own word for it!

The enemy will not perish of himself. Neither will the Chinese reactionaries nor the aggressive forces of U.S. imperialism in China step down from the stage of history of their own accord.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."

The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.

I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

This film 'Hero' talks about the peace of Chinese people.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

I wouldn't touch a hot dog unless you put a condom on it! You realize that the job of a hot dog is to use parts of the animal that the Chinese can't figure out how to make into a belt?

I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.

The Chinese had accused the Tibetans of being terrorists, which is weird. A Tibetan terrorist is like an Amish hacker. It just doesn't fit.

The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.

The Chinese people have stood up.

I've been accepted at Cambridge University. I want to study Chinese history and archaeology. I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways.

What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty.

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.

It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.

I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.

To worry before the common people worries; To enjoy only after the people can enjoy.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese.

She [Chien-Shiung Wu] is a slave driver. She is the image of the militant woman so well known in Chinese literature as either empress or mother.

The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage of Buddhist spirituality.

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: ‘The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.’

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

I've always subscribed to an old Chinese proverb that the palest ink is better than the best memory.

There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.