Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

Peace and security in the Asia-Pacific will turn on whether China emerges as a xenophobic, chauvinistic force, bitter and hostile to the West because it tried to slow down or abort its development, or whether it is educated and involved in the ways of the world - more cosmopolitan, more internationalized and outward looking.

Lee Kuan Yew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: September 16, 1923

Topics

PeaceWorldLookingSlowSecurity

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

John Bunyan

DespairCastleOwnerGiantDoubting

Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.

John Muir

ContactComingGhostNaturalMay

I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.

Spike Jonze

WhySomethingDid

I love scarves and hats and coats. I love it.

Shura

LoveHatsCoatsI Love

In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

Lou Holtz

LifeBestGolfWayCoachPlayer

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

Loretta Lynn

TimeManFightYouSometimesWay

I am not a fan of rats or pigeons. In New York City, they have become very confident. When I was a child, you went on the subways, and the rats would stay down on the tracks, but now they hang out on the platform.

Julia Stiles

I AmNew YorkChildCityConfident

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.

Brene Brown

TrustConnectionIntentionIntimacy

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

William Westmoreland

ThinkLovedBeenI ThinkRespected

As the actor, you can't go in saying, 'I'm the bad guy.' You've got to think your reasons for doing what you're doing are good.

Sendhil Ramamurthy

GoodSayingThinkDoingYouBad

I have very simple tastes. An ex-girlfriend used to tell me I have the palate of a kid because there are only five or six foods that I love. And if you rotate them on a regular basis, that's all I need to eat - like arugula, spinach, and grilled chicken.

Tyler Perry

LoveSimpleMeYouChickenNeed

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Richard C. Armitage

PrideAlwaysDownfallWhichBit

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