Famous Quotes & Sayings

In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today.

Pico Iyer

As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the same. And as he pointed out during the recent disturbances, the Chinese are suffering under a tough government much as the Tibetans are.

Pico Iyer

When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese." Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought.

George Ayittey

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

The E.U.'s proposed plan to impose anti-dumping duty on imported Chinese shoes is unjust and lacks of legitimacy.

The January number surprised on the upside, and the February number should be even stronger because of the Chinese New Year factor.

The latest draft put together by the Chinese delegation is a very negotiated document, ... We were really getting close, close to the end of this round.

Sun Tzu

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.

Sun Tzu

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Sun Tzu

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

The first of July is the first day of Chinese rule and the signal they're sending to the outside world is very negative.

Lisa See

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

Mao Zedong

How is Marxist-Leninist theory to be linked with the practice of the Chinese revolution? To use a common expression, it is by "shooting the arrow at the target". As the arrow is to the target, so is Marxism-Leninism to the Chinese revolution. Some comrades, however, are "shooting without a target", shooting at random, and such people are liable to harm the revolution.

Mao Zedong

If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.

Mao Zedong

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

Mao Zedong

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Mao Zedong

The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

Mao Zedong

All the rest of the world uses the word electricity. They've borrowed the word from English. But we Chinese have our own word for it!

Lou Gerstner

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

The direction is a mix of everything what you like, especially for this collection, masculine and feminine, ... For example ... you mix one pants with pin stripe like a man shape with a coat in chiffon and a fur collar, or another style is that you wear one coat like Chinese, with Chinese embroidery and you wear with a long skirt in a chiffon stretch and a crochet sweater.

A more open Chinese market will help create the world's largest market.

All of the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation are watching to see if we can shoulder this responsibility.

All of these things are what foreign competitive institutions are good at and what Chinese institutions lack.

Confucius

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Joan Rivers

Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.

The lower cost of Chinese goods means we can spend more on other goods and services.

Mencius

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

Mencius

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Mencius

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

Joy Behar

Never eat at a Chinese restaurant named Mama Teresa's Trattoria.

Luciano Pavarotti

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.