“There is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.” — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
As a child, I didn't even realize I was Chinese. I was Singaporean, but my identity was wrapped up in the culture… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I'm sick of people saying I hate blacks, women, and gays. It's false and slanderous. Everyone who knows me knows I hate… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us go through a period where we feel like outsiders, and deal with that by wishing we… — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture. — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood. — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China -… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
I think that by following the route that I have tried to outline, one gets into a much more interesting and productive… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
Music pulled me like a gravitational force. I entered college as a physics major but left as a Bachelor of Music, a… — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
We're talking about America - a country that's been built on the back of cheap labor. That's addicted to cheap labor. Talk… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
If the Chinese bubble bursts one day, which inevitably will happen - maybe not tomorrow, maybe in three months, maybe in three… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is… — Sadao Araki Copy Share Image
The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“Once when I was young-maybe more than once-when I was extremely disrespectful to my mother, my father angrily called me "garbage" in… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“My little donkey, if I hadn't shown up, your fate would have been sealed. Love has saved you. Is there anything else… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I believe the Chinese are gradually realizing that they're dependent on the system that, as they run out of energy, for example,… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
“The Han language resembles no other on this earth. While I had no trouble learning to speak Mongol, and to write with… — Gary Jennings Copy Share Image
China had never had to deal in a world of countries of approximately equal strength, and so to adjust to such a… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
With action in Hollywood, a choreographer will be hired to design an amazing fight, with all these cool little narrative bits, such… — Joey Ansah Copy Share Image
Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high… — Ayesha Curry Copy Share Image
Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more… — Zhou Xun Copy Share Image
You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French. — Eva Green Copy Share Image
The Pentagon banned the army from using Chinese-made berets. In a more veiled slap at the Chinese, the Pentagon also banned any… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with… — George Wald Copy Share Image
Sundays are for Dim Sum. While the rest of America goes to church, Sunday School, or NFL games, you can find Chinese… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and environmental work. I just want to do… — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
“I remember a song we used to sing, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." But I thought it was, "Columbus, Jump in the… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours. — Irma S. Rombauer Copy Share Image
California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks… — Nicolas Guillen Copy Share Image
