Famous Quotes & Sayings

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that.

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.

A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations.

Wen Jiabao

The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.

The policy caters to traditional Chinese customs but puts huge pressure on our fire departments. In response to the policy, we had urged fire police at all levels not to leave duty during the festival, and increase patrol frequencies.

Nicole Mones

You know how someone - something - surprises you. You wake up a little bit. That's done through Chinese cuisine - for example, through dishes of artifice. That's a whole sub-tradition in Chinese cuisine. To create a dish that comes to the table looking like one thing but actually is something else.

Nicole Mones

Food is the main engine that drives connectedness, relationship in Chinese society.

Nicole Mones

Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.

Liu Wen

Romantic music really stirs my soul. And, of course, I love Chinese music; it makes me feel closer to home.

Liu Wen

In my school days, everyone thought I'm too tall for a Chinese girl.

I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city's Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon.

We are going to take the fifth title in a row this time, because no team can not stop the Chinese women winning streak.

It is an honor to open in New York City and to have the opportunity to serve and share our family's version of American Chinese food and hospitality. New York City deeply influenced my passion for food and service, and it feels good to be back.

Panda - We're not really selling Chinese food, you know. Our real purpose is about developing people.

We're lightening up on resources shares because we're not convinced that the hype about Chinese demand quite matches the reality.

Norman Finkelstein

I think one of the problems when we discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict is people talk too much in terms of, 'What's your preference?,' like politics is a Chinese menu - I'll take one from column A and two from column B. That's not what politics is about.

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

We are not getting our fair share of Chinese trade and we want more of it,

Chinese entrepreneurs have to implement their work under the leadership of the Party and the government - it is very clear.

Tess Gerritsen

I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what it was like to be different, to always want to fit in and never feel like you ever could.

Mohammed Morsi

If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then there is no room for judgment.

We actually ponder the depths and resilience of Chinese capacity, for example, when we sit around the table of the FOMC.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.