Asia Quotes · Page 5

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.

— Lawrence Summers

Especially in the West, people want to understand Asia on a deeper level because it's become the engine of the world economy,…

— Kevin Kwan

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very…

— Jodie Foster

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.

— Mo Ibrahim

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia…

— Derek Bok

The pains felt by Asian countries are our own pains. Disaster in Asia is nothing but ours as well.

— Junichiro Koizumi

In fact, Tibet is one of the most popular European tourist attraction of asia.

— Alex Chiu

You cant afford a vacation. Im out in Haiti with Haitians. I go to Asia with Asians.

— Nicki Minaj

“scares—SARS, Hong Kong and avian flus, and Japanese encephalitis—originated in Asia, he noted. “If you look at global trends, almost all of…

— Linda Marsa

Styx has their own style of music, and I think that's justifiable, the same way that Asia and Yes have had -…

— Geoff Downes

Activists from the Middle East to Asia to the former Soviet states have all been telling me that they suffer from increasingly…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their…

— Henry Rosovsky

We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of…

— Mary Landrieu

Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it…

— Loretta Napoleoni

Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists…

— Dionne Warwick

People have been tolerating their insane political system, in exchange for the countless privileges they are getting from their countries' plundering of…

— Andre Vltchek

In some ways I consider myself more Chinese, because I live in San Francisco, which is becoming a predominantly Asian city. I…

— Richard Rodriguez

The white man knows what a revolution is. He knows that the Black Revolution is worldwide in scope and in nature. The…

— Malcolm X

I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States,…

— Jason Wu

When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that…

— Seneca the Younger

“For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that…

— Carl Sagan

To do Mohammed justice, his main attack was against the idolatries of Asia. Only he thought, just as the Arians did and…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Substantial progress was made in spreading our foreign trade to other areas. Our total trade with Northwest Europe in the first 8…

— Ramon Magsaysay

We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant…

— Patrick Bergin

[Donald Trump] even said, well, you know, if there were nuclear war in East Asia, well, you know, that's fine have a…

— Hillary Clinton

“I reminded myself that time takes care of many things. Asia had thought me that.”

— Pearl S. Buck

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

— Paul Samuelson

The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India…

— Romain Rolland

To us in Asia, rice is such a staple, we take it for granted. I didn't even think about how I made…

— Nigel Ng

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

— Sadao Araki

Traveloka is the clear online travel leader in Indonesia and is expanding aggressively throughout Southeast Asia.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.

— George Takei

The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us…

— Barack Obama

Global education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world.

— Anonymous

I love Southeast Asia. As a child, I lived in that part of the world. My first time in Burma was in…

— Muhtar Kent

“Don’t take everything for granted, and do not always count on finding everything you need.”

— Larry Herzberg

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too…

— Rudyard Kipling

“Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!”

— Gerry Abbey

I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in…

— Erykah Badu