Asian Quotes

327 quotes by 261 authors

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in… — Martha Beck
We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which… — Nicolas Cage
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences. — Jackie Chan
I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro. — Jackie Chan
They probably do have an Asian Barbie. — Iris Chang
All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents. — Joan Chen
For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing… — Joan Chen
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting. — Amy Chua
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.… — Amy Chua
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford… — Amy Chua
I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles. — Ted Allen
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course… — Douglas MacArthur
Shout out to asian girls, let the lights dim some(dim sum). — Drake
I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are… — Barack Obama
My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one… — Parminder Nagra
Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard… — Lucille Roybal-Allard
We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of individual groups or… — Matthew Coon Come
As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities about Republican principles is a… — Kimberly Yee
Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an Asian factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South America or… — Ban Ki-moon

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