Top 1200 Chinese Culture Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Ive studied Chinese in college, but basically, Im not bilingual.

My non-Chinese food favorite... can I say sushi? It's still Asian.

I love the Chinese words for greeting: not strictly 'Hello' but 'Have you eaten yet?

The Confucian concept and Chinese ideograms for 'woman' and for 'slave' are the same.

Anything illegal under Chinese law is, of course, not protected by copyright.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

Chinese parents always think you can do better. But it comes from wanting you to succeed.

The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain.

Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which is why there are no examples of sustained atheist civilizations. "Atheistic humanism" became inhumanism in the hands of the Fascists and Communists and, in its less malign form in today's European Union, a kind of dehumamism in which a present-tense culture amuses itself to extinction. Post-Christian European culture is already post-cultural and, with its surging Muslim populations, will soon be post-European.

We are not Black Muslims we are Muslims. You see, you have Catholics. You have Chinese Catholics, you have Indian Catholics, you have black Catholics and white Catholics. But I'm sure you don't ask a man are you a white Catholic? Are you a Chinese are you a yellow Catholic, a red Catholic, or a white Catholic? He's just a Catholic. We have black Muslims, we have brown Muslims, we have red Muslims, we have yellow Muslims, we have even white complected Muslims, so I'd like to clear that point, this is a press word, Black Muslims.

Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.

In Chinese, there are an impressive number of ways to describe saying nothing at all.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

In Western culture, particularly North America, a lot of rules are descriptors for sociopathy: a general acceptance of lying as long as you win, an attitude of "me first," an attitude that what it looks like is more important than what it is. This makes it much easier for a sociopath to be camouflaged in our culture.

This happens to a lot of kids from different backgrounds - they lose a lot of their parents' and grandparents' teachings, language and culture because they have to deal with another language and culture 24/7. By the time I was 44, I was terrible at Spanish. I was always intimidated whenever I had to speak it.

If the Chinese are sensitive about anything, it's not having their people die.

We can't have our industry progressively destroyed by cheap Chinese imports.

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference.

Much of what we think of as human evolved long after the use of tools. It is probably more correct to think of much of our structure as the result of culture than it is to think of men anatomically like ourselves slowly developing culture.

We want to make sure that we have the right products for Chinese people.

I want to record the name of Chen Guangbiao in Chinese history.

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does...And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.

It was Chinese music. I couldnt understand it, but it had a good beat to it.

I have had no contact with the Chinese government ... I only work with journalists.

I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

Especially for those of us living in the Western culture, death to a large extent is still a taboo subject. It's considered something dreadful that shouldn't be happening. It's usually denied. The fact of death is not faced. What we don't realize in Western culture is that death has a redemptive dimension.

The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.

I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.

It is a big challenge for me to come to the Chinese Super League.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them

I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them to create works that have an element of exoticism, the kind typical of Japanese culture. I don't do that.

I regard Chinese seafood cookery as among the best in the world.

When I learned Japanese, they say that I sounded like a Chinese with diarrhea!

Confidence is not just in people's heads; it comes from the culture of the organization. It's easier to expect success when working in an organization that has a culture of accountability, collaboration, and initiative. Without this, it's easier - and more self-protective - to assume failure so the person is not disappointed and instead pleasantly surprised.

I would never describe a cloud as 'fluffy'—in Chinese or in English.

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

When Ron Howard does 'Rush,' he has to learn and steep himself in F1 culture and European racing culture, and that's part of the fun of the gig. You learn to learn. Your real skill as a director is being a learner and an observer. You're constantly learning another thing in context.

Realistically, my favorite thing really is going out and seeing the different problems that people have in different geographical areas. Not just from a standpoint of the area that they may be in or the city they may be in but the different kind of car culture or motorcycle culture there is.

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.

So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.

The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical.

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.

Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.

The Chinese Communist Party and the American people are locked in conflict.

I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.

At Berkshire Hathaway we do not like to compete against Chinese manufacturers.

The Chinese are quite entrepreneurial. Remember when Lenovo bought IBM's PC division. It was said that China didn't need a brand name, China didn't need to buy Lenovo to get into the PC business, I remember reading a one-liner somewhere which struck me as quite possibly true, it said the one thing that the Chinese had not been able to copy or figure out was the way, in terms of systems, that Americans - it probably would be true for Europeans as well - that Americans install and live by their management systems, while China is still quite half-assed. Perhaps that is a true statement.

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

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as returning to the old African culture, it's unnecessary and it's not advantageous in many respects. We believe that culture itself will not liberate us. We're going to need some stronger stuff.

Freestyle, especially aerials, fits the Chinese because we are good at gymnastics.

In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry, the substitute gratification which it prepares for human beings cheats them out of the same happiness which it deceitfully projects.