Chinese Quotes

872 Chinese quotes by 560 unique authors

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family. — Maya Lin
In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese… — Hu Shih
Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the… — Ezra Pound
Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and German. — Unknown Author
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the… — Peter Benenson
Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella, — Ai Weiwei
Paul Bearer has more chins than a Chinese phone book! — Jerry Lawler
Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for… — Calvin Trillin
The Chinese tell time by 'The Year of the Horse' or 'The Year of the Dragon.' I tell time by 'The Year of the Back'… — Earl Weaver
A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally… — Robert Fortune
Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of… — Robert Fortune
The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all… — Robert Fortune
The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to… — Robert Fortune
I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American. — Ming-Na Wen
If production does not increase in Iraq in an exponential way between now and 2015, we have a very big problem, even if Saudi Arabia… — Fatih Birol
For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me, — Abigail Washburn
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do… — Abigail Washburn
I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl. — Abigail Washburn
The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family. — Martin Jacques
Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money,… — Leslie T. Chang
At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like,… — Anna Sui
The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the… — Sun Yat-sen
I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind.… — Agnes Martin
The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the… — Hu Shih
It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious… — Hu Shih

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