Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Jacques

Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay.

Robin Munro

What they need is some enforcement. More high-level directives from Beijing aren't going to do it.

Shashi Tharoor

The Beijing Olympics were an exercise in Chinese soft power. Americans have the 'Voice of America' and the Fulbright scholarships. But, the fact is, in fact, that probably Hollywood and MTV and McDonalds have done more for American soft power around the world than any specifically government activity.

Liu Peng

Many people in Taiwan hope that the torch relay of the sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games can also cover Taiwan.

Phil English

send a strong signal to Beijing that Congress will not sit idly by while China's mercantilist trade policy injures U.S. employers and costs us jobs.

Nicole Mones

They say that the cuisines of different Chinese provinces arose originally to serve different kinds of constituencies. Beijing was the cuisine of officials. In Shanghai, that was the cuisine of wealthy merchants and industrialists. In Szechwan, the food of the common people. Many great Szechwan dishes originated in street stalls.

Liu Wen

My hometown is a very boring city. There isn't a lot of industry - there are a lot of trees. It's not like Beijing where the sky is always dark. In my city the sky is blue and the sun shines.

Mo Shaoping

The prosecutor decided to drop the case and the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court agreed.

Richard Caborn

We are investing a quarter of a billion pounds between now and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Tuppence Middleton

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

Jake Delhomme

I'm a little more reserved than (Smith) off the field. On the field, I get pretty animated. But he's a -- I don't want to say brash -- but a confident person, and he'll tell you if he doesn't like (something). And he means it.

Joseph Estrada

Moreover, our culture discourages her from being as brash as Gloria Arroyo,

Jake Delhomme

He's a very -- I don't want to say brash -- but a confident person.

Ed Schultz

We may have outgrown Fargo, but I don't want to come off brash by saying that. I know how that will look in print: 'Bigheaded Eddie.' That's not the case. The logistic issues of it, we may have outgrown Fargo.

Michael Owen

You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was seven or eight. I didn't just think I wanted to be one, I knew I was going to be one. Nothing ever surprised me really.

Rupert Holmes

To my knowledge, there's never been a duo of a brash American and a polite Brit and it's kind of an interesting dynamic for a comedy team, ... I think Colin and Kevin could always fall back on that if they have to.

Lauren Corrao

sharp, dry wit and his brash dealings with contestants.

Alton Brown

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.

Roger Ashby

We've had a glut of injuries so it's great news that Reeves and Whittaker are back fit.

Kevin Doll

We've had a glut of applicants for slots that are open.

Tony Phelps

With the glut of condominium projects now, it doesn't make sense from a timing standpoint.

Chris Mohr

Just because you take gluten out of something doesn't make it a health food.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Gluttony is mankind's exclusive prerogative.

Patti Stanger

My favorite splurge would be gluten-free pizza. Or I'm a total truffle addict so truffle mac and cheese.

Rafael Goyeneche

A glut of lawsuits are going to be filed over all of this.

Zac Goldsmith

I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.

Ban Ki-moon

The U.N. might not be the most luxurious place to work, but it certainly is one of the most important places in the world.

Erin O'Connor

Water - I drink gallons of it! You can use the most luxurious skincare products in the world, but they won't work as well if you do not hydrate from inside.