Asian Quotes
327 Asian quotes by 248 unique authors
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As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having…
— Octavia Spencer
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The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress…
— Manmohan Singh
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I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones…
— George Tenet
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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people…
— Aasif Mandvi
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People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the…
— Aasif Mandvi
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A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to…
— Charles C. Mann
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Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave…
— Han Suyin
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The future for us is the foreseeable future. The South Asian, however, feels that it is perfectly realistic to think of a 'long time' in…
— Edward T. Hall
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But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on…
— James Iha
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No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've…
— James Iha
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The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the…
— William C. Kirby
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My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.
— Moon Bloodgood
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It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.
— John Cho
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I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just me and maybe…
— Jourdan Dunn
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My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.
— Jourdan Dunn
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Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.
— Michael Chang
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For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm…
— Chad Hugo
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Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate.
— Ellsworth Huntington
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The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance…
— Sri Mulyani Indrawati
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In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian…
— Junichiro Koizumi
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China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is…
— Naoto Kan
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters…
— Zhang Ziyi
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I've been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly,
— Sharron Angle
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So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of…
— Sharron Angle
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I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me.…
— Yunjin Kim
Who Wrote These Asian Quotes
248 authors contributed a total of 327 Asian Quotes, led by these top contributors: