Chinese Character Sayings

#1. The chinese character for "strife" is represented by two women under the same roof.

Robert Wilson

#2. I needed an adult female wearing a tight sleeveless cheongsam mini-dress to help me learn Chinese. All my senses would have to focus; otherwise I would end up knowing nothing. Tracing each Chinese character upon the small of her back with my index finger was only proper way to begin a lesson.

Matt Muller

#3. In the ancient Indian Pali language, the words for mind and heart are the same. And the Chinese character for mindfulness is a combination of two characters. One part means now and the other means mind or heart. So, when you hear the word mindfulness you can also consider it to mean heartfulness.

Shamash Alidina

#4. I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

Amy Tan

#5. the more familiar a face, letter, number, sound, flavor, brand, or Chinese character becomes, the more we like it. It's true across different cultures and species; even baby chickens prefer the familiar.

Adam M. Grant

#6. I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!

Amy Chua

#7. I believe that God is a power underneath my life here on earth. His goodness undergirds me and uplifts me.

Wilferd Peterson

#8. I'll betide thee, say I, and may the Gods, or at least the Athenians, confound thee for a vile citizen and a vile third-rate actor! Read the evidence.

Demosthenes

#9. That's what was so amazing about 'Mulan.' Here is this story with all Chinese characters, and yet so many people related to her character and loved the story. So I really think as long as you have a good story that relates to a lot of people, it doesn't matter what ethnicity it is.

Ming-Na Wen

#10. The mind cannot be securely anchored. If we do not advance, we go backward. If we do not grow, we decay. If we do not develop, we shrink and shrivel.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#11. She had always thought of love as something confused and furtive, and he made it as bright and open as the summer air.

Edith Wharton

#12. Have you ever heard that the brain is a discounting mechanism?

Maria Semple

#13. He was the most wickedly handsome creature she had ever seen in all her days. His hair was black as night, his stature large, his muscles were etched with precision into his smooth skin, every last ripple chiseled into wicked perfection.

Madison Thorne Grey

#14. With the sole exception of President Bill Clinton, whose 'bridge to the 21st century' evoked the vision and optimism of other great Democratic presidents of the 20th century, such as FDR and John F. Kennedy, pessimism about America's economic future has been the hallmark of modern progressivism.

Bernard L. Schwartz

#15. I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!

Nicolas Roeg

#16. Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn't work hard, but you can't teach what he can do.

Deco

#17. I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.

Ang Lee

#18. In Chinese, the character for woman was a man on his knees

Karen Joy Fowler

#19. Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say

Bob Marley

#20. Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass, and it translate to beef with broccoli. The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

Bill Maher

#21. It all goes back to 'Wow, I never knew this about Marco Polo.' This is an incredible story and an incredible character, and such a rich world of Mongolian and Chinese culture.

John Fusco

#22. We have an amazing relationship, and always have. She was so warm and welcoming to me - Veep was my first job out of school. Julia's [ Louis-Dreyfus] and my relationship couldn't be more different from Selina and Catherine's.

Sarah Sutherland

#23. I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character.

Ann Aguirre

#24. My main objective was finding my individuality as a vocalist.

Juliette Lewis

#25. Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella,

Ai Weiwei

#26. In Chinese, the character for danger is the same one for opportunity." -- Kim Ling Levine in Madhattan Mystery

John J. Bonk

#27. Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

#28. Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.

Ian Fleming

#29. It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

Donald Miller