Top 100 Wong Quotes
#1. See you in a few. Hold down the fort, Mr. Wong!
Darynda Jones
#2. I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.
Stephen Covey
#3. What you should be asking yourself," he said, indicating Mr. Wong with a nod as the departed man hovered in my corner, "is why a being that ungodly powerful is hanging out in your apartment.
Darynda Jones
#4. Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.
Andy Lau
#6. I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?'
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?
Nury Vittachi
#7. The future is what it is," said Largeman. "Your people have been poisoned with the myths of lone men turning the tide, improbable tales of heroes outrunning explosions with their feet. Such tales are forbidden here. Events are laid forth and they cannot be turned. There are no heroes, Mr. Wong.
David Wong
#8. Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.
Gus Van Sant
#9. Just in case, though, I stormed into my apartment, tossed a quick hello to Mr. Wong, then rummaged through my entertainment center to lay out all my exorcism equipment. I kept it in my entertainment center because exorcisms were nothing if not entertaining.
Darynda Jones
#10. Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
Bai Ling
#11. I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.
Anna May Wong
#12. I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current filmmakers von Trier, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
#13. The fans of 'Speed' are very different from the fans of 'To Wong Foo,' which are different from 'Donnie Darko.' Look at the classics I've been in: 'No Country for Old Men' ... 'Little Miss Sunshine' ... 'Rain Man' was my first big studio movie! How lucky is that?
Beth Grant
#14. Wong is the most common surname in the world ... "
" ... John is the most common first name in the world."
"That's right," I said. "And yet there's not a single person named John Wong. I looked it up."
"You know, I work with a John Wong.
David Wong
#15. When TJ and I got to the bottom, we found Hope staring terrified at Molly. The dog had something long and horrible and meaty in her jaws. It took me a moment to register that it was a very fresh-looking human spine. Damn, she was hungry.
David Wong
#16. Somewhere, Charles Darwin nodded and smiled a knowing smile.
David Wong
#17. Amy said, "So, you're making a flamethrower?"
"Amy, we gotta be prepared. We don't know what we'll find in that place, but for all we know it could be the Devil himself."
"David, what possible good is that thing gonna do?"
"Oh, no, you didn't hear me. I said it's a flamethrower." Girls.
David Wong
#19. What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.
Wong Kar-Wai
#20. There was a sound like a garbage bag of pudding dropped off a tall building onto a sidewalk. Robert had erupted, chunks slapping off the walls in every direction.
David Wong
#21. I glanced at Badly Drawn Jesus, then pulled the gun from my pocket. On Judgment Day, I'd be able to proudly state that when I thought the hordes of Hell were coming for a local girl, I stood ready to shoot at them with a small-caliber pistol.
David Wong
#22. Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be honest and keep things very simple.
James Wong Howe
#23. I think that building any product that has a lot of user loyalty is a bit like making a sequel to a great movie or video game - people generally want 'more of the same thing, except better and different.'
Yishan Wong
#24. What makes cinema so attractive, so fascinating is that it's not just a one plus one process. It's a chemistry between sounds, words, ideas and image.
Wong Kar-Wai
#25. We're talking about a tentacled flying lamp fucker, Dave. What are you prepared to call unlikely?
David Wong
#26. Smart Risk will shatter the emotional myths to investing and help Canadians see the opportunities in today's volatile market.
Maili Wong
#27. No matter where you go, management is always a bunch of cheap bastards.
David Wong
#28. Because of the accumulation of objects, things are never quite the way I want them to be. There has always been a lack of, well, clarity.
B. D. Wong
#29. When they write the sequel to the Bible, that shit is definitely gonna be in there.
David Wong
#30. Sometimes it's not how much light you use to get an effect, it's how
little you use and still make it work. There are a lot of rules to be
broken in photography, and you've got to have courage.
James Wong Howe
#31. I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.
BD Wong
#32. In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.
Benedict Wong
#33. I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.
Ellen Wong
#34. I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
B. D. Wong
#35. Damn it! I knew she was a monster! John! Amy! Listen! Guard your buttholes.
David Wong
#36. Light-headed, my body trembling from shoes to shoulders in random spells, like I swallowed a vibrator. It's always like this when I'm on the sauce. I dosed six hours ago.
David Wong
#37. ANYBODY ORDER A JAILBREAK WITH A SIDE OF SHOTGUN?
David Wong
#38. Cynicism does not cause inaction..
David Wong
#39. Are the most dangerous creatures the ones that use doors or the ones that don't?
David Wong
#40. It was the pink elephant in the room, the thunderous fart in the elevator.
David Wong
#41. I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else.
Wong Kar-Wai
#42. Qi gong therapy, as well as other branches of Chinese medicine, can be reduced to two simple principles: the cleansing of meridians to achieve harmonious energy flow, and the restoration of yin-yang balance.
Wong Kiew Kit
#43. He made the engine growl and told the headlights to fuck the night.
David Wong
#44. The heavy monkey of sleep rested its warm, furry ass on my eyelids.
David Wong
#45. Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights.
Joshua Wong
#46. What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same time, I think what stands out is, as superheroes, you don't give up; you don't surrender. I think that's what makes a superhero.
Ellen Wong
#47. If I played characters who were like me, I'd be super bored.
B. D. Wong
#48. You can't focus on death, or failure. Otherwise you're surrendering greatness to all the people too dumb to contemplate it.
David Wong
#49. Tip: if you ever feel a puke coming on, do not, do not put your hand over your mouth to try to catch it. It's reflex but it doesn't work at all. Vomit kind of sprays everywhere.
David Wong
#51. I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.
Wong Kar-Wai
#52. I then reached out, put my hands under his armpits and lifted him into the air. He was about as heavy as a department store mannequin. I doubt you've ever lifted one of those but you can probably guess that they're not very heavy.
David Wong
#53. In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities.
Yishan Wong
#54. There is a 114% increase in happiness when receiving rewards via mobile marketing.
Brian Wong
#55. I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.
Wong Kar-Wai
#56. John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the road, chugging gas and farting a blue cloud of dinosaur souls.
David Wong
#57. My shame circuits burned out from overuse years ago.
David Wong
#58. I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
BD Wong
#59. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" asked "That if Franz Kafka were here his head would explode?"
"Actually, yeah.
David Wong
#60. My feet had never been so bare. Those little naked toes.That spider thing probably looks at those like the ears on a chocolate bunny.
David Wong
#61. What does it mean to write a story of your own life in your head? We all do that whether we are writers or not. We all have a story about who we are: what gender we are, what experiences we have . . . all sorts of stories and narratives we allow ourselves to believe in and create as we go along.
Cyril Wong
#62. We moved in silence for a moment and I said, "How did we screw this all up so badly, John?"
He shook his head. "We always find a way.
David Wong
#63. Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.
BD Wong
#64. Cops do this every day, rifling closets and digging through your dildo drawer.
David Wong
#65. SOCIETY IS DOOMED for one very simple reason: it takes dozens of men working months with millions of dollars in materials to build a building, but only one dumb-ass with a bomb to bring it down.
David Wong
#66. The kittens will make your sad go away." The
David Wong
#67. I wanted to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb, let my tears and dripping saliva pool under me.
Sorry. I tried living, tried being sentient. Can't do it. Can't live in the same universe with that.
David Wong
#68. Here's exclusive Channel 5 video of a local man having his brain eaten by a winged gremlin. Local gremlin experts warn that -
David Wong
#69. The situation has a real Lovecraft feel to it. Though, you know, if you come over it'll be more of an Anne Rice situation. If you know what I mean."
"Who's-"
"Because you're gay.
David Wong
#70. If you had to choose, and if you were not allowed to see either ahead of time and had no other information to go on, would you rather fight Mindcrow or Gonadulus?
David Wong
#71. No. We talked about this. I'm going home to eat a pie.
David Wong
#72. I was so tired of the parts I had to play. There seems little for me in Hollywood, because, rather than real Chinese, producers prefer Hungarians, Mexicans, American Indians for Chinese roles.
Anna May Wong
#73. Welcome to freakdom, Dave. It'll be time to start a Web site soon, where you'll type out everything in one huge paragraph.
David Wong
#74. There was a faded brown stain on the carpet and I wondered if a patient had once taken a shit in here in the middle of a session. I
David Wong
#75. The afternoon light cast long shadows across the ground,
Patrick Wong
#76. Well, you'd better hope I am because the world was built by sociopaths, men willing to send a million innocent boys into battle to be chopped to screaming giblets, all so a banner can be raised over another piece of land with houses and markets and roads soon after.
David Wong
#77. From the backseat of the pick-up stepped Dr. Marconi. I tried to imagine the conversation the three of them had on the way over, and my brain just spat out error messages.
David Wong
#78. Diversity isn't a trend; it's a constant battle to change an existing culture that shuts us out.
Alyssa Wong
#79. 1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.
Wong Kar-Wai
#80. My next novel will be the third volume in the John Dies at the End series, and in fact may already exist, again depending on when you're reading this.
David Wong
#81. And you know what happens when a ship gets too many rats on board? It sinks. That's what.
I wondered if a ship had ever really sunk that way.
David Wong
#82. You know what the scariest part is about people like him? Everything he's doing makes perfect sense in his own mind.
David Wong
#83. John. I would ask you what you are doing, but I fear you would actually tell me.
David Wong
#84. Show me your knife.' Man don't got a knife, I got no use for him - it's the universal tool.
David Wong
#85. Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression.
Jan Wong
#86. Folding chairs were flying through the air as if propelled by dozens of invisible Bobby Knights.
David Wong
#87. It is the teacher - what the teacher knows and can do - that is the most significant factor in student achievement.
Harry Wong
#88. I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the ruler of the Mongol empire, the trading place that everybody wanted to get involved in.
Benedict Wong
#89. That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.
David Wong
#90. You don't realize how terrifying the world can be for someone like that, someone who would rather stay in a familiar hole than an unfamiliar mansion.
David Wong
#91. I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?
Wong Kar-Wai
#93. I reached out and, with a small move of my body, did something that would change my life forever. I gently moved Amy aside and stepped down ahead of her, putting myself between her and the shadows.
David Wong
#94. Okay, can somebody quickly just summarize for the shotgun department who it's okay and not okay to shoot?
David Wong
#95. In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing things during shooting. Because I worked as a scriptwriter for 10 years, I understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it.
Wong Kar-Wai
#96. We don't feel like that's a good faith offer, because it seems more like you're just trying to save money on cockroaches.
David Wong
#97. She wasn't some little princess from the suburbs who just graduated college with a humanities degree, she knew what people were really like.
David Wong
#98. A cockroach has no soul. Yet it runs and eats and shits and fucks and breeds. It has no soul, yet it lives a full life. Just like you.
David Wong
#99. I struggled for something to cling to, the way soldiers in foxholes picture their families, or a flag.
My car, I thought crazily. This fucker crashed the Wongmobile. And for that, he must taste death.
David Wong
#100. Creativity is a compilation of things we've seen.
Brian Wong
