Asian Stereotype Sayings

#1. Frugality is a handsome income.

Desiderius Erasmus

#2. I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.

Don Johnson

#3. I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.

Bobby Lee

#4. There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.

Eric Liu

#5. What should I do - how should I act now, this very day ... What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.

George Eliot

#6. There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.

Randall Park

#7. [Southward and a little west
A thousand kilometers at best
Here in Area Fifty-one
Is where they took us, all undone.
Other ships are here as well
Their fate, like ours, is sad to tell.]

Marcha A. Fox

#8. Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

Joe Flanigan

#9. A lot of actors on film sets ... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through studying art, I've always had that awareness and that's something that I've wanted to bring in to go beyond acting ... As a form of expression, they are intrinsically linked.

Andy Serkis

#10. When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

Patricia Schroeder

#11. What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.

Simon Wiesenthal

#12. Many still believe that conducting political and economic reforms at the same time is not an Asian way. But this is a fairy-tale. We broke that old stereotype by reforming our political, economic and social systems concurrently since 1990.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

#13. Gertrude, behind her, again had just one ... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now that's enough, because now she is smarter.

Dr. Seuss

#14. There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture.

Irving Kirsch

#15. An old earthen pipe like myself is dry and thirsty and so a most voracious drinker of life at its source; I'm no more to be split by the vital stream than if I were stone or steel.

Elinor Wylie

#16. Life is bittersweet. Inside our heads, if we're lucky, we're the same kids as we were when we were young.

Hugh Hefner

#17. You slipped for the same reason any alcoholic does. You wanted to drink. It seemed like the only option to make it through whatever moment you found yourself in. All the context around the decision is, for all intents and purposes, excuses.

Leta Blake

#18. For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character.

Daniel Wu

#19. There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless they're a stereotype. It's been hard. I've been able to play some non-stereotypical roles, which is great, but I have a lot of Asian actor friends who are struggling.

Kimiko Glenn