Famous Quotes & Sayings

Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Confucius

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

Confucius

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

The government's sole concern is to maintain its unchallenged grip on power at the cost of smothering the Chinese people's fundamental rights and freedoms.

We see the potential for a production vehicle with tremendous flexibility, which is a real alternative to Chinese hamster ovaries, the current industry standard. We have set ourselves a target of 25% of all new proteins and monoclonal antibodies. For anything in development and reaching the market between 2015 and 2020, we want 25% of the production platform to be PER.C6.

We're the sole remaining superpower, the only country that's sent people to the moon. If the Chinese sent people to the moon they'd take us down a notch.

There is rapid development going on, ... we would like the Chinese to move even faster.

With the Chinese there are no strings attached. They don't talk to you about democracy or reform. They give money, the Saudis give oil and there are no hidden agendas. The Saudis find those kinds of relationships more appealing.

Mark White

Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.

There is already a lot of evidence of demand for mid-level hotel services in places like India and China. A Hampton Inn by Hilton might resonate with the Chinese consumer as quality without being particularly expensive.

There is a lot of pressure on Chinese manufacturers.

Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.

Ultimately what they are planning is a Chinese space station in about 2008 or so. To do that they will need to learn about how to survive on longer missions.

We will encourage more Chinese TV stations to get involved in the Olympic signal production to cover more sports.

We will employ more foreign coaches, technicians, nutritionists and other experts to help Chinese athletes.

This will be a grand occasion because it will create a two-way street with Peking University so that students can study there and learn not only Chinese language, but also China's politics, culture and history, so that when they come back to the United States, they will be able to represent China's point of view much better.

There is actually some common ground, ... All three of us are facing real threats from Chinese trading policies.

Charles Schumer

We thought it was the right time to figure out where the Chinese are headed on this issue and other issues, like intellectual property and port security.

This year we will make sure all Chinese PC makers install licensed software prior to sale.

Howard Rheingold

The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.

When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

Robert Morgan

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation.

Robert Morgan

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

Though domestic demand waned and imports somehow slackened accordingly, due largely to macro economic control, in the first half of the year, it is totally wrong to consider the Chinese Government stepped in foreign trade with administrative instruments.

Though domestic demand waned and imports slackened in the first half, due largely to macro-economic controls, it is totally wrong to consider the Chinese Government influenced foreign trade with administrative instruments.

We will have to see what the Chinese have heard most recently from the DPRK side. Perhaps they have very fresh news we have to find out.

We welcome foreign oil investments, no matter they are from Chinese companies, European companies or US companies.

Richard Branson

We are effectively in an emergency situation. But we are friends with the Chinese people, and this is a sporting event. We have no choice but to go over China, and we would be enormously grateful if they let us in.

Yang Lan

I'm very curious to witness the historic transformation of Chinese women.

A person is born with a liking for profit.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.