Top 494 Quotes & Sayings by Malaysian Authors - Page 3

Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.

As an actor, you are always looking for roles that will challenge you, and when I came upon Aung San Suu Kyi, it wasn't just about that but also about stepping into the shoes of someone who means so much to millions of people.

I wanted to do comedy because I left Malaysia and went to America. I got bitten by the Western, idealist, opinionated, democracy bug.

That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.

I was doing quite well in Malaysia... Everyone was so excited about my music, and they started accepting me as an artist.

I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.

Airplanes don't just disappear - certainly not these days with all the powerful communication systems, radio and satellite tracking, and filmless cameras which operate almost indefinitely and possess huge storage capacities.

As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.

The merging of science and art is at the core of what we do.

I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.

I don't believe that you should punish the people of Iraq because you don't like their leader. Saddam Hussein is not being punished. He's fat, and he is eating enough food and living in palaces. But his people are punished by denying them food and medicine.

If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.

What happened was, in my final year of university in Australia, there was a campus comedy competition, and I felt like it was something I could do. I won that competition, and I kept doing it, and I couldn't get a job in law. So I just kept doing comedy.

For 'Chapters', I decided to let go of my insecurities, found myself some talented R&B producers, and worked with them.

Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.

Raising awareness for Nepal was and still is an important role for me.

Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking.

Why do we have 'Transformers 5 or 6?' Because young kids will go and see it four or five times.

Beauty shouldn't be superficial and should come from within, and your eyes will tell the story.

They won't take you seriously because you are a girl. These guys had to understand that you are just as tough as them, and you have to take them on.

The Internet is undermining moral values.

We believe that human rights always applies to the majority, who should have its rights protected. When people demonstrate and go to the streets, they deprive the majority from earning a living.

I want to leave UMNO because it is no longer UMNO. It is a party dedicated to supporting Mr. Najib, to protecting Mr. Najib, to upholding whatever it is that he does, including some of the wrong things that he has done. I cannot be a member of such a party.

You can be a liberal and accept same-sex marriage and all that, but that's your business.

I'm quite an advocate of free trade.

I cannot accept this country being destroyed by selfish people who only think about themselves.

I was struck by Suu Kyi's warmth and generosity. No matter how petite she looks, she exudes amazing strength. More than anything else, I felt like I already knew her, like she was an old friend, because I'd been watching her so intently, and she was exactly what I had figured she would be.

It's like with feminism. We talk a lot about feminism meaning complete freedom, and for some people, that means, like, 'Free the nipple!' But there's another end of the feminist spectrum, and that's where people like me are.

We have seen amazing, creative and interactive pictures from camera owners, and I'm looking forward to the Lytro camera being available in Australia.

I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.

Unfortunately, many parents reject helmets for their kids out of a mistaken perception that helmets are unsafe for children.

I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.

Affirmative action is not something that the World Bank believes in or promotes.

I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.

When you are in the government, you have to demonise your opposition.

I assume that people react to things as I would react. For example, if you are nice to people, they should be nice to you.

Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste and dedication to craftsmanship in everything they do. They also merge the traditional and modern aspects of their culture so well.

I pray Cardiff get back to the Premier League. If I sell Cardiff, I will buy another club in the U.K. I have a club in Sarajevo. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible. They really motivate me. I'm looking at another club in Europe and then the MLS.

I think the whole 'tiger mom' thing is a very common trope. People like to show Asian moms giving pressure, but they don't really show the love that comes with it.

People pay attention to artists and celebrities, so they have the opportunity to do something great with this limelight. I, for one, have no problem with Kanye running for president, because if it's something that he truly believes in and it can lead to greater good, why not? I'm all for that.

I write songs about love because, above all, love is the most human thing we have together. Feelings are a part of us every day. You feel things every day, no matter where you are. So that's what I write about.

Basically, with a regular camera, you have to take time or allow the camera to focus before you take the shot.

My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.

The thinning of the ozone layer is blamed on logging of tropical forests. The fact that the burning of fossil fuels and release of CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbons) into the atmosphere occur largely in the rich countries are significantly ignored.

Winning is an amazing feeling. You don't get that in business; you don't get that in many things.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

The Asia and the Pacific region is facing an epidemic of road death and injury, but we also have innovative Asian road safety solutions.

As a doctor, you are out on call most nights, so you don't get continuous sleep, and that becomes something that is familiar to you. So, working hard doesn't bother me.

When you do any job well, it looks very natural.

As an actress, you know there are limitations on what you can do creatively.

I achieved too little result from my principal task, the task of making my race a race that is respected, a race that is honourable, a race that is highly regarded.

I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in the world who has resigned while still quite healthy.

The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.

I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.

One of the reasons I picked up the guitar is because I saw a video of Feist performing in Paris.

I won't call it UMNO anymore; this is Najib's party. I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is seen as supporting corruption - it had caused me to feel ashamed.

I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'

In the eyes of the world, Malaysia has become a pariah state, a state where anyone can be hauled up and questioned by the police, detained, and charged through abusing laws of the country.

That's really my main message: everyone is stupid, and no one is more stupid than the rest.