Top 976 Quotes & Sayings by Chinese Authors - Page 17

I'm not an outdoor girl. I can barely swim. I don't ride a horse.

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.

We can learn something from Marxist thinking, but we cannot follow Marxist methods.

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.

Immigrant parents dream that their children will find a place in their new home, and they willingly suffer hardships in service to that dream. That was certainly true of my parents.

We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.

I swim every other day. That's my exercise.

My first impression of Beverly Hills was that it had a landscape of small houses built by famous architects, so I didn't want to make a big block or sculpture here; I wanted to make a community rooted to the place.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

I worked from 8 A.M. to 12 A.M., and sometimes until 2 A.M. There were no shifts, just a few dozen people, and we all polished glass. I didn't enjoy it.

No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.

Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

I feel happy when I look at my grandson, who is 10 months old. That relaxes me.

Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular.

When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I'm a perfectionist.