Yi Zhongtian Quotes

All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

People do evil simply because they do not know. ~ Cheng Yi

Compatibility is weird. Love is confusing. Love is one wild beast. ~ Charlyne Yi

There are some things that other people just don't want to forgive you for. For instance, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi. ~ Steven Gaines

YI teamed up with the Allstate Foundation to basically inform teens why it's important to drive safe. I feel I'm new on the road, so it's important to do these three main things: The first one is buckle up, the second one is slow down, don't speed, and the third one is don't let your friends distract you in the car. ~ Austin Mahone

There are five options in war: fight, defend, flee, surrender, or die. You have proven inept at the first two, and now have the temerity to surrender. Death is all you deserve! ~ Sima Yi

Those willing to die will live, and those willing to live will die. ~ Yi Sun-sin

If one concentrates on one thing and does not get away from it ... he will possess strong, moving power. ~ Cheng Yi

You must love the land, my children, and ring it in with your love. For the land is the most precious thing on this island. It is like rain, like the heart of a woman. ~ Wu Ming-Yi

I think as human beings we contradict our feelings constantly, we make mistakes, but I think ultimately it comes down to actions to define how we feel about each other. ~ Charlyne Yi

What is it like to burn as the humans do? When one's existence can be parcelled and measured in the units that the humans use, what was it? Time. Units of time. Ability to calculate, and live through countable units of time in motion. The physicality of time passing, when one's lifespan is short enough to be able to tangibly experience the passage of time. ~ Teo Yi Han

It's kind of shocking to me, actually, that I've almost been stereotyped, in a way - physically - because, I didn't get good grades in school; I got in a lot of fights. I wear glasses because I don't want something tugging my eyeball, but I wouldn't consider myself a 'nerd.' I don't know what really makes someone a nerd. ~ Charlyne Yi

In all honesty, I don't envy you the possession of this power over memory, nor do I admire you. Because humans are usually completely unconcerned with the memories of other creatures. Human existence involves the willful destruction of the existential memories of other creatures and of your own memories as well. No life can survive without other lives, with the ecological memories of other living creatures have, memories of the environments in which the live. People don't realize they need to rely on the memories of other organisms to survive. You think that flowers bloom in colorful profusion just to please your eyes. That a wild boar exists just to provide meat for your table. That a fish takes the bait just for you sake. That only you can mourn. That a stone falling into a gorge is of no significance. That a sambar deer, its head bent low to sip at a creek is not a revelation . . . When in fact the finest movement of any organism represents a change in an ecosystem." The man with the compound eyes takes a deep sign and says: "But if you were any different you wouldn't be human. ~ Wu Ming-Yi

A man needs a friend to share goals with, a woman to share his heart with, and a nation to serve with all of his heart. That's the best life one can live. ~ Yi Sun-sin

Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself. ~ Charlyne Yi

He turned his face up, eyes slanting half closed with bliss and rumbled in his broad chest. "I see you, Yi-yi."
Yi-yi was what he'd named her that day long ago on Olean when she'd named him. He'd been saying the same words to her every time she awakened or fell asleep for four years, and wouldn't rest until she said it back.
"I see you, too, Shazam. ~ Karen Marie Moning

People tend to suppress that which they cannot express. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

The internet's weird. It's kind of harvesting the negativity. I think negativity has always been out there, but because people are hiding behind the screen, they feel able to express these hateful feelings they've maybe been keeping inside. ~ Charlyne Yi

I'd love to help the entire world. Even to change the life of one child is amazing. ~ Charlyne Yi

Place is security, space is freedom. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

I turned up the inane sound effects and let them fill the room, setting up an atmosphere of mind-body pollution while Miss Chianti and I got better acquainted. A couple of glasses had me convinced that she's a real sweetheart, though a protracted rendezvous was probably going to leave me regretting the entire encounter. It's always the quiet ones that come back to bite you. ~ Alice Yi-Li Yeh

Your Highness, I still have twelve battleships. ~ Yi Sun-sin

It's kind of elusive, whatever it is that's communicated through the skin. It's hard to describe, but you know it when you feel it. You can sometimes tell whether another person loves you or not, just by touch. ~ Wu Ming-Yi

What does the anticipation feel like? The sensation of staring into the void, the awareness of an end's impending arrival? Burning and being extinguished simultaneously? ~ Teo Yi Han

'Up' was the best. The first 10 minutes of that movie made me weep. It was so well done ... even if that montage was all I'd seen, just as a short film, that was great. That was my favorite thing of the year. ~ Charlyne Yi

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If one extends knowledge to the utmost, one will have wisdom. Having wisdom, one can then make choices. ~ Cheng Yi

What makes all those women sexy? Were they just born sexy? I guess it's the way they act. I don't want to have to act sexy. I just want to be me, and if I don't happen to be sexy, oh well. That's OK. I don't want to force something I'm not. ~ Charlyne Yi

Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing, I'll go work on my music. When I'm sick of music, I'll be like, I'm going to start performing comedy now. So it's good. It's not like I want to be famous or anything. ~ Charlyne Yi

I do a little improv in my shows. Kind of like our movie, I'll do beats and ideas of dialogue, but I think there's less pressure because it's a live show. If you mess up, the audience laughs because we don't really know what we're doing. But as far as shooting, that was very scary, trying to make a point and drive the film. It definitely helped improvising. ~ Charlyne Yi

Hi-YI! YOU'RE up a stump, ain't you! ~ Mark Twain

Geography is the study of earth as the home of people ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

I actually don't read comic books. I did when I was a kid - I used to read a lot of 'X-Men' comic books. I read a couple 'Scott Pilgrim' this past year, and those are really good, but I don't read in general, unfortunately. ~ Charlyne Yi

Those who seek death shall live. Those who seek life shall die. ~ Yi Sun-sin

I see you, Yi-yi."
She smiled. Everything she knew about love she'd learned from this pudgy, cranky, manic-depressive, binge-eating beast that had been her companion through hell and back, too many times to count. He alone had protected her, loved her, fought for her, taught her to believe that life was worth living, even if there was no one there to see you living it.
"I see you, too, Shazam. ~ Karen Marie Moning

YI think what's cool about 'Scott Pilgrim' is that it shows that there is a superhero within all of us. There's not one ideal image of what a superhero looks like, and you don't really see that until the end of the film. ~ Ellen Wong

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence. ~ Yi-Fu Tuan

Birds are born to have wings; wings are symbols of freedom. ~ Nancy Yi Fan

...if I had not been able to come out of the operation alive, he would change his name to mine and continue living my life for me. ~ Qiao Yi

Each piece of trash that floated here seems to have brought a story with it across the sea, because anything that's been thrown away has its own tale. ~ Wu Ming-Yi

I think whatever comes natural is probably the truth, and the truth is the strongest form of anything - whether serious or funny. ~ Charlyne Yi