Top 976 Quotes & Sayings by Chinese Authors

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Coffee is a language in itself.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

Elon Musk is worried about AI apocalypse, but I am worried about people losing their jobs. The society will have to adapt to a situation where people learn throughout their lives depending on the skills needed in the marketplace.

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration. We stand with all the free peoples of the world and hope you stand with us in our quest for justice and freedom.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Growing up, my dad was 'get a real job, don't go pursuing your dreams, that's how you become homeless.' So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?

I am very careful about my health... For example, I have body check-ups regularly and take some medicines to control my blood pressure, because I have a little bit high blood pressure.

Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom.

The difficulty with big cities does not lie in skyscrapers or high-rises per se; rather, it is the values concealed within those buildings which lead to the loss of our humanity and our sense of spiritual emptiness.

Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time.

We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

Globalisation has powered economic growth in developing countries such as China. Global logistics, low domestic production costs, and strong consumer demand have let the country develop strong export-based manufacturing, making the country the workshop of the world.

Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.

When I look at 'Fallen Angels,' I realize it is not a film that is truly about Hong Kong. It's more like my Hong Kong fantasy. I want Hong Kong to be quiet, with less people.

I'm incredibly close to my family and I think family is such an important thing, in Asian culture especially.

If our era is the next Industrial Revolution, as many claim, AI is surely one of its driving forces.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

I grew up in Beijing and Beijing roast duck is my favorite. My mom makes it every year for Christmas Eve. How crispy the skin is is how good a duck restaurant is.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain.

My sister Gloria asked me to try modeling.

When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.

A fun pair of earrings is basically the finishing touch to any outfit; a nice watch is both practical and decorative, while the perfect unique bag is not only eye-catching but also timeless - it can be passed on to future generations.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

I need some time to recover. I'm not a machine.

Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.

When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Sex is the best high. It's better than any drug. I want to die making love because it feels so good.

You can find fine dining in Singapore but there's also a wide spread of local dishes available. In Singapore, I prefer to try the local bites.

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.

I just have to make sure I maintain my professionalism.

Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

Remember, when YouTube was founded in the U.S., America's Funniest Home Videos had been around for a long time. In China, the history of TV as well as user-generated video is very, very short. So, we've actually had to do a lot of things to motivate that.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated.

Nothing is impossible. No matter where you're from.

Real estate deals a lot with the government. It isn't like manufacturing, logistics, home appliances or the auto sector, which deal with consumers.

We need to look to the future. You can't come up with new things unless you constantly forget the past. There's no reason to keep wearing the same pair of pants.

Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'

'Let the Bullets Fly' indeed attracted an audience, but how it did this is also a question for me.

Love your family. Love your country. Never stop learning... And always look back and be grateful to where you came from.

China will always remain the builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and upholder of international order.

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?

My basic strategy is to stick to my core business and to my area of expertise.

I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.