Famous Quotes & Sayings

From 1882 until the 1950s, a whole series of legislation excluded immigrants from Asia from coming to our society.

David Nelson

Kellogg has done a good job of this historically, though not in this decade. But now is a time when a lot of companies are looking at Asia because of the value. Making acquisitions and investments there is a lot cheaper than it was a year ago.

Paul Kelly

Keating understood the power of tradition yet he loved to break the rules and create a new orthodoxy. That's what he did as treasurer saying, in effect, that Labor runs a market model with equity, and it worked. When he became PM, he tried to construct a new set of Labor beliefs based on Asian engagement, reconciliation and the republic. For Keating, these weren't just policies; they were the new Labor template handed down from the mount. The trouble, of course, was his inability to convert a lot of the public.

Karen was a big key to the win. Her defense on Asia was phenomenal.

David Powers

Keep in mind that it's only a six-month delay, so it's not catastrophic ... (But) right now there are a lot of clouds in the sky. There's speculation that their second quarter will be difficult. There's the problems in Asia and the sluggish Japanese economy. A lot of things don't bode well in the near term.

Keep in mind that export orders are a big part of this and since Asia has turned, so has manufacturing turned.

I think it makes sense to try to contain China and limit the expansion of Chinese influence in other Asian countries.

Paul Wolfowitz

Because thousands of brave men and women from 22 nations put their lives on the line, the face of Asia was changed dramatically for the better,

Hu Jintao

China's development can only bring up opportunities for Asian countries and contribute to Asia's economic growth, and will never impede success of others, nor pose any threat to anybody,

China's currency practices are constraining other emerging Asian countries from pursuing greater flexibility.

China hopes Japanese leaders could take seriously the feelings of the Asian countries that fell victims of Japanese militarists, really express their remorse for the historical tragedy and put what they have promised into practice.

China has become one of the largest traders and investors with many Asian countries.

Sharad Pawar

I have spoken to the cricket board presidents of the other Test nations from Asia (Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and have reached an understanding.

It hurts the feelings of the Chinese people and other Asian countries. We urge the Japanese government to treat seriously the issue with the correct attitude.

It is a fairly big acceleration in the Asia region.

Jim Bianco

I think the lower rates are going to help buoy the stock market in the face of the worries about Asia and all of the earnings misses that we seem to get everyday.

I think the HSBC Champions is going to be a really exciting fixture on our golfing calendar and with a prize fund of US$5 million, the largest in the history of Asian and Chinese golf, it is an event we all want to win.

Richard Florida

L.A. draws highly skilled Asians and San Francisco draws highly skilled gays, but D.C. draws highly skilled everybody -- gays, Latins, Asians, Africans, scientists and so on, ... The trick will be to avoid pricing ourselves out of that creativity.

Colleen Hanabusa

Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

Good buying is underpinning the robustness and it comes mainly from Asia and other markets that are main consumers of gold.

Anthony Bourdain

Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.

Andy Lau

He said if the stars can work together, we won't lose to any Asian movies or even foreign films,

Jim Webb

History shows that you can't - you can't have security in Southeast Asia without security in Northeast Asia. It's just the reality.

David Mann

For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asian currencies but the yen's sensitivity is historically high,

Given the prospect of an end to the U.S. interest-rate increases next year, stocks globally will be in favor. Some of the export-driven Asian markets such as Korea and Singapore will be the biggest beneficiaries.

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

For me to say that Asia ex-Japan is about to take over as the source of global growth is quite unusual,

There is a persistent trend that we are seeing in Asian currencies and it has got to do with more than a view on Fed policy.

There is an excellent chance for Europe to contain the Asian flu.

There is a major realignment of forces in Asia. India and the US can contribute to a much better balance in the Asian region.

Alex Wong

H shares held well yesterday even if there was panic selling in Tokyo and other Asian markets yesterday.

If we have birds bringing this in from Asia sit down on a water body, other species of birds that don't interact directly with Asia may also use that water body and pick up a virus.

Simon Dyson

I got the first win in Asia early and won three titles previously, so there's no reason why I can't do it again. If I play like that for the rest of the year there could be another one.