Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.

Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.

With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese.

It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.

The selfishness of humanity is rooted in the self-destructive nature of man through sin. Romans 6:23

When you think of the condition the world is in now you sometimes wish that Noah had missed the boat.

His laugh and his voice were both pleasant. He talked the way New Yorkers used to talk before they learned to talk Flatbush.

I like to make jokes I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a situation beyond their control is not funny to them or their families.

I get recognised in the street, but that's more from all the Scottish people who are down in Blackpool on their holidays.

All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.

You just can't be good in bed anymore. You have to be good at the keyboard too.