Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

We think China is a growing regional power and we want to partner with them to manage their gradual rise.

We are fully confident about the prospect of trade and economic cooperation between China and South Africa,

Hitler used the Olympics to show his people that his government had legitimacy. The Chinese government wants a similar result: that countries recognize that China is a great and powerful country.

There is a philosophical feeling that abolishing the leap second results in greater decoupling of the time scale from rotation of the Earth, and that this is not a good thing. But we put up with daylight-savings time in the United States, and China has one time zone for the entire country. My own feeling is that we all live with departures.

Michael Phelps

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.

Human nature is the same everywhere in the world, ... The thought that there are lots of people with time on their hands to explore what the 20 million Internet users in China are doing is totally impractical.

I think that China remains committed to greater flexibility in their currency and opening of their financial markets, ... It's an irreversible course and we think they're now in a position to move even faster.

Marvin Harris

I think that by following the route that I have tried to outline, one gets into a much more interesting and productive series of questions than those that result from saying simply that Chinese don't like milk because they don't like milk.

I think a course like Marine City (at East China Township Park) destroys runners' egos, and our course soothes them,

I think it's very clear that China is introducing a new exchange rate mechanism. It is not a one-time adjustment.

I think it's unfair to say that Chinese companies are squeezing out American companies. China has so many solar companies that are failing, too.

Joshua Bell

I always have loved the Stradivarius. My teacher, Josef Gingold, he had a Stradivarius. As a treat, he would put it under my chin and let me play a few notes, and I remember that feeling of the overtones, the complexity of the sound. It's like a great wine.

He was throwing lazy jabs at me with his chin up. I stepped in with my jab and fired a right hook, then a straight left and it landed on the button.

He that can see a louse as far away as China is unconscious of an elephant on his nose

He is a tremendous competitor, a tremendous team player. The most depressing thing about China was finding out how good Jared Jordan was.

Alan Greenspan

heed fully the Chinese position on exchange rate reform.

Having Chinese leaders come to Yale is a good way (to create) more understanding between the two societies.

Dick Cheney

From the time standpoint, this is a matter that needs to be resolved as soon as possible, ... There is a risk to the long-term relationship with China for each day that it goes unresolved. It is not in our interest, nor is it in the long-term interest of China, to have that happen.

Abigail Washburn

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.

Giving permanent normal trade relations to the government of China will destroy an important lever that we now have and we have had to influence Chinese behavior, ... We are tossing it aside.

God has used our ministry and the local Chinese churches there to do great work. Now we are looking to do the follow up well, which will be focused on the Word. The most important thing is to continue to listen to the word of God.

Clive James

If we look at the investment in China in biotech crops, it is very significant.

If we are seeing China back to growth, that is another stress factor back in the oil market.

If that's the economic model, China is in trouble.

If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.

If the Disney name resonates with the Chinese consumer, it would be a huge coup for the company,

If the Chinese think the embargo problem in Europe is creating leverage for them over here, it's not going to work.

If some cities in southern China could set up ice rinks or indoor ski resorts and involve more people, the reserve force of the country's winter sportsmen will become larger.

Glenn Roeder

I would have thought I got a good response from the players. I can only be myself and whatever has come my way I have taken on the chin and got on with it.

I wish to emphasize that China is a peace-loving nation.

I would definitely see us selling uranium to China before we'd count on selling it to India.

I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.

If we're told that an odd piece of our china is worth a hundred pounds, - how rare its beauty!