Quotes by Chinese Authors

"I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work."

James Wong Howe, Chinese Director

Work,

"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Perseverance, Actions, Agreement

"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Life, Politics, War, Disaster

"Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

Golf, Now, Tennis, Want

"Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child."

Stephen Chow, Chinese Actor

Soccer,

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Change, Dying, Nothing, Will

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Opportunity, Defeat, Enemy, Lies

"Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do."

Mencius, Chinese Philosopher

Man, Men, Will

"In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order."

Li Peng, Chinese Public Servant

Work, Countries, Rights, Order

"It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return."

Chen Shui-bian, Chinese Statesman

Democracy, Right, Road

"People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics."

Li Peng, Chinese Public Servant

People, Development, Countries, Light

"I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Hope, Mind, Old

"In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Love,

"The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

World,

"All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

Desire, Teenagers

"I live a very low-key life."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Life,

"The results of the two referenda demonstrate the majority view of the Taiwanese people."

Chen Shui-bian, Chinese Statesman

People, Majority, Results

"Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5."

Margaret Chan, Chinese Public Servant

Information,

"When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable."

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

Determination, Evil

"For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, English, Years

"I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star."

Anna May Wong, Chinese Actress

Hollywood, May, Now, Old

"You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

People,

"We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths."

Iris Chang, Chinese Historian

People, Mind, Numbers, Victims

"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Time, Beliefs, Environment, Personality

"Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die."

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

Love, Nature, People, Humannature

"I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

Cao Cao, Chinese Statesman

World,

"Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

Discovery, Day, Investigation, May, Months

"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

Character, Will

"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Culture, World

"I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Life, Action, Career, Want

"If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

Time,

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Film, Americans, Population, World

"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."

Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor

Film,

"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Soldier

Strength, Meditation, Prayer, Self

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Friendship, Health, Friend, Confidence, Contentment

"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence."

Lin Yutang, Chinese Author

People, Hope, Country, Existence

"When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence."

Gao Xingjian, Chinese Novelist

Existence, Mind, Words, Writing

"Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years."

Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader

History, Civilization, Struggle, Years

"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Army, Liberal

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Soul, Virtue, Circumstances, Generosity

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

Li Peng, Chinese Public Servant

War, End

"In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

Love, Romance, Action, Audiences

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

Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader

Politics, War

"In the final analysis, the whole cause of world revolution hinges on the revolutionary struggles of the Asian, African and Latin American people who make up the overwhelming majority of the world's population."

Lin Biao, Chinese Politician

People, African, American, Cause

"Free Tibet before free trade."

Zhu Rongji, Chinese Statesman

Trade,

"Reform is China's second revolution."

Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Leader

Revolution, Reform

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."

Laozi, Chinese Philosopher

Self-Image, Snow

"He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Trust, Will

"When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Work, Play

"American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Car, American, Hurt, Safety

"I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work."

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"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."

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"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

​

"Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler."

​

"Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child."

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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

​

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

​

"Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do."

​

"In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order."

​

"It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return."

​

"People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics."

​

"I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories."

​

"In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans."

​

"The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined."

​

"All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away."

​

"I live a very low-key life."

​

"The results of the two referenda demonstrate the majority view of the Taiwanese people."

​

"Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5."

​

"When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable."

​

"For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English."

​

"I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star."

​

"You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many."

​

"We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths."

​

"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."

​

"Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die."

​

"I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

​

"Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it."

​

"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

​

"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."

​

"I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer."

​

"If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn."

​

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

​

"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."

​

"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."

​

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

​

"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence."

​

"When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence."

​

"Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years."

​

"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."

​

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."