KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: China


Share this page on

Showing 221-230 of 461 quotes in the topic China

I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china, of course, contains bones, though we are inclined to forget that.

~Christien Meindertsma

Topics: Been Bone Bones British China Contains Course Developed Discovered Forget Had Inclined Invention Next Pottery Though Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I know this is economic jargon, but essentially, if you bring more women to the job market, you create value, it makes economic sense, and growth is improved. There are countries where it's almost a no-brainer: Korea, Japan, soon to be China, certainly Germany, Italy. Why? Because they have an aging population.

~Christine Lagarde

Topics: Aging Almost Because Bring Certainly China Countries Create Economic Essentially Germany Growth Improved Italy Japan Jargon Job Know Korea Makes Market More Population Sense Soon Value Where Why Women You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Beyond combating global warming and supporting domestic business interests, remaining a part of the Paris Agreement has clear benefits to the U.S. at large. Nations such as China and India are already eyeing an opportunity to take over America's role as the world leader on this issue.

~Christine Todd Whitman

Topics: Agreement America Benefits Beyond Business China China And India Clear Domestic Global Global Warming India Interests Issue Large Leader Nations Opportunity Over Paris Part Remaining Role Supporting Take Warming World World Leader

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years.

~Christopher Monckton

Topics: Altogether America Britain Carbon China Close Closed Down Emissions Growth Just Overnight Replace Slack Take Then Two Up Would Years

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I was a kid in junior high, I had an assignment to discuss how to rescue poor people in India. I remember my teacher at the time considered it an impossible problem. Now, we're not talking that way anymore. We're sure not talking about that for China. They're rescuing themselves thanks to globalization.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: About Anymore Assignment China Considered Discuss Globalization Had High How Impossible India Junior Junior High Kid Not Talking Now People Poor Poor People Problem Remember Rescue Sure Talking Teacher Thanks Themselves Time Way I Remember

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Most of the conversation about how geopolitics is changing in the 21st century focuses on the shift from west to east and on how we're moving from the bipolar power equation of the Cold War to a new bipolar relationship, that of the U.S. and China, that determines the mood music for everyone else.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: About Bipolar Century Changing China Cold Cold War Conversation Determines East Else Equation Everyone Everyone Else How Mood Most Moving Music New Power Relationship Shift War West 21St Century

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will sometimes be hard to reconcile with an economic agenda, especially when it comes to dealing with rich but repressive players like China and Russia.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Agenda China Dealing Defending Economic Foreign Foreign Policy Hard Human Human Rights Important Like Objective Players Policy Reconcile Repressive Rich Rights Russia Should Sometimes Too Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Shipping middle-class jobs to China, or hollowing them out with machines, is a win for smart managers and their shareholders. We call the result higher productivity. But, looked at through the lens of middle-class jobs, it is a loss.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Call China Higher Jobs Lens Looked Loss Machines Managers Middle-Class Out Productivity Result Shareholders Shipping Smart Them Through Win

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons.

~Chuck Hagel

Topics: China Country Get Great Great Country Obvious Only Out People Reasons States Trying United United States Where

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I am convinced that the Obama administration and Clinton Dynasty would rather hail the Communist Manifesto than the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July. And there's more than enough proof to show how they have been slow-cooking our Founders' republic into a red-star state like China.

~Chuck Norris

Topics: Administration Am Been China Clinton Communist Convinced Declaration Dynasty Enough Founders Fourth Hail How Independence July Like Manifesto More Obama Obama Administration Our Proof Rather Republic Show State Than Would I Am

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Ansel Adams Tom Brady George Washington Carver Frances Farmer George R. R. Martin Dr. Seuss Sun Tzu Swami Vivekananda

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1925 - Margaret Thatcher

1788 - Thomas Erskine

1833 - Edward Blake

1853 - Lillie Langtry

1866 - Georg Groddeck

1870 - Albert J. Nock

1902 - Arna Bontemps

1909 - Art Tatum

1912 - Cornel Wilde

1920 - Laraine Day

Birthdays on October 13th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Beauty Best Forgiveness Friendship Graduation Peace Religion Time