Ling Quotes & Sayings

Now, there is a tendency at a point like this to look over one's shoulder at the cover artist and start going on at length about leather, tightboots and naked blades.
Words like 'full', 'round' and even 'pert' creep into the narrative, until the writer has to go and have a cold shower and a lie down.
Which is all rather silly, because any woman setting out to make a living by the sword isn't about to go around looking like something off the cover of the more advanced kind of lingerie catalogue for the specialized buyer.
Oh well, all right. The point that must be made is that although Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan would look quite stunning after a good bath, a heavy-duty manicure, and the pick of the leather racks in Woo Hun Ling's Oriental Exotica and Martial Aids on Heroes Street, she was currently quite sensibly dressed in light chain mail, soft boots, and a short sword.
All right, maybe the boots were leather. But not black. — Terry Pratchett

Religion in Chinatown, as in most places, is based less on a cogent theology and more on a collection of random fears, superstitions, prejudices, forgotten customs, vestigial animism, and social control. Mrs. Ling, while a professed Buddhist of the Pure Land tradition, also kept waving cat charms, lucky coins, and put great faith in the good fortune of the color red ... and was very much in favor of any tradition, superstition, or ritual that involved fireworks ... — Christopher Moore

You see something you like?" I asked, echoing something I'd said to him ling ago, when he'd caught me in a compromising position at school.
"Lots," he said.
-Rose (Roza) to Dimitri — Richelle Mead

I also like to follow nature's rhythm. In times or places, they have their own rhythm. So you cannot push it. So we must accept that as well. Wherever we're born at this time, we just live it. — Bai Ling

How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine. — Alexander Pope

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar. — Bai Ling

A plate of roast duck, steamed dumplings, spicy noodles with beef gravy, pickled cucumbers, stewed tongue and eggs if you have them, cold please, and sticky rice pearls, too,' Ai Ling said, before the server girl could open her mouth. "I don't know what he wants." Ai Ling nodded toward Chen Yong.
'I'm not sure I have enough coins to order anything more,' he said, laughing. — Cindy Pon

Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like. — Bai Ling

Live and die your own way, unnoticed. — Ding Ling

In Chinese, the character for danger is the same one for opportunity." -- Kim Ling Levine in Madhattan Mystery — John J. Bonk

I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things. — Bai Ling

The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
-Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh the pain, the bliss of dying!
Stanza 1. — Alexander Pope

Children of the Law,' I said, 'he is not dead.' M'ling turned his sharp eyes on me. 'He has changed his shape - he has changed his body,' I went on. 'For a time you will not see him. He is.. there' - I pointed upward - 'where he can watch you. You cannot see him. But he can see you. Fear the Law. — H.G.Wells

I guess I feel like it's a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it's a small role, it's a gift to be working that closely with them. — Bai Ling

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce. — Lisa Ling

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity. — Lisa Ling

She was a widow, and he stripped himself naked while she went to fetch some of her husband's clothes. But before he could put them on, the police were hammering on the front door with their billy clubs. So the fugitive hid on top of a rafter. When the woman let in the police, though, his oversize testicles hung down in full view."
Trout paused again.
The police asked the woman where the guy was. The woman said she didn't know what guy they were talking about," said Trout. "One of the cops saw the testicles hanging down from a rafter and asked what they were. She said they were Chinese temple bells. He believed her. He said he 'd always wanted to hear Chinese temple bells. "He gave them a whack with his billy club, but there was no sound. So he hit them again, a lot harder, a whole lot harder. Do you know what the guy on the rafter shrieked?" Trout asked me. I said I didn't. "He shrieked, 'TING-A-LING, YOU SON OF A BITCH! — Kurt Vonnegut

Books open new worlds to me. — Aya Ling

I had a planned C-section, and I cried the entire day before I had the baby. — Lisa Ling

All I can do is stare stupidly with my mouth hanging wide enough to accommodate — Aya Ling

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. — Nicholas Ling

I knew I should have cleaned that musket! — Chung Ling Soo

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories. — Soong May-ling

If you're trapped in a room, and nobody is coming to save you, what can you do? You have to bang on the walls and break the windows. You have to climb out and save yourself. It's obvious, Li-ling, that crying doesn't help a person live. — Madeleine Thien

We're a nonviolent collective working to undermine the Trust and free the Badlands. Once the Trust is exposed as lying and corrupt, we believe Edenites will do the right thing. Open the borders. Save the Badlands." Ling lowers her voice with deliberate control. "Kudzu is going to destroy something called Aevum. — Georgia Clark

Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It's about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them. — Kristi Ling

No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief-
woe, world-sorrow; on an age-old anvil wince and sing
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked 'No ling-
ering! Let me be fell: force I must be brief'.
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap
May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our small
Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep,
Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all
Life death does end and each day dies with sleep. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

The thing I absolutely love about food is it's a common thread that connects us no matter what culture we come from. — Poh Ling Yeow

Sonnet XII: There is a Meetinghouse across the wold

There is a Meetinghouse across the wold
Near shaded churchyard where pine breezes sigh;
Such sacred mem'ries gently here unfold
Of rustic folk whom 'neath the yew trees lie.
Engraved on stones now crum'ling in the earth,
Of souls asleep for o'er a hundred years,
Foretell unceasing cycles - Death and Birth
That yew tree nods and weeps her unseen tears.
But God shall guide us through the gloom of night
Victorious over grim reaper's blade,
As yet we grasp to see eternal light
Amidst life's fickle joys which here do fade.
Victims of Death by lusty scythe bannish'd
Triumphant wake to find nightmares vanish'd!

13 February, 2013 — Timothy Salter

This whole thing happened because I got up last night, because my cat got hungry and I had to go find a fork, and I stumbled into that conference room and saw Will and Ling and their cop friend messing with a severed hand." Budd said, "A severed what?" and Andre said, "Your cat eats with a fork? — David Wong

I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree. — Bai Ling

People are starting to know more about it, but I was blown away by Almaty, Kazakhstan. It's like a future Swiss Alps. It has the potential to be an extraordinary ski resort. It is a city with beautiful mountain scapes. — Lisa Ling

I started working in television quite young, actually, and I definitely felt very insecure about what I looked like. — Lisa Ling

No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others. — Soong May-ling

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances. — Bai Ling

I don't remember my first trip, but I do remember when my mom took me to Disney World in Orlando. It wasn't the rides but Epcot Center that most fascinated me. It made me want to see those countries that are represented there for real. — Lisa Ling

Ling offered him the last slice of melon. "Sorry. I ate everything. I'm starving. I could eat a horse. And I love horses. Beautiful creatures. But I'd eat one whole. Raw."
"I'd settle for eggs and bacon," Gabriel said. — G.L. Breedon

It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something. — Lucy Liu

I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, 'Another box arrived!' Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales. — Lisa Ling

The definition of love is giving. — Bai Ling

Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day. — Lisa Ling

But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them. — Bai Ling

My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions. — Lisa Ling

We are made by what we are asked to bear, Ling Chan," he'd said. — Libba Bray

The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person. — Bai Ling

Ling cod is a mild-flavored and somewhat delicate fish that takes well to poaching, braising and pan-roasting. — Tom Douglas

When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life. — Bai Ling

Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. — James Ling

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. — Lisa Ling

She spoke throught her teeth. "Almost, dear. What were the real words you used? The bad words. It's okay to say them again, just this once."
I shrugged, "fine. I said' ... just 'cause Daddy wants you to suck on his ding-a-ling. — Michael Siemsen

It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But it takes a multi-pronged approach that has to start with parents. Kids are just too young to understand the consequences of obesity. — Lisa Ling

I hadn't wanted to have a kid until I met my partner. — Lisa Ling

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese. — Lisa Ling

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues. — Lisa Ling

TING-A-LING, YOU SON OF A BITCH! — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Our time on Earth is so random. — Lisa Ling

Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person. — Bai Ling

Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff ... I really don't get you.
Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime — Hiromu Arakawa

My first job in TV was hosting this young teen magazine show, and all these high school teenagers showed up from all over Sacramento, California, and they chose four of us to host the show, two boys and two girls. And of the two girls, I was kind of the perky smart one and the other girl was the pretty one. — Lisa Ling

I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts ... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones. — Bai Ling

Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing. — Bai Ling

I knew I could not live my life around a husband, now would I want a husband to live his life around me. Of course, there are any number of variations in marital relationships between those extremes. But there is always a need for spouses to change their behaviors or habits to suit each other. I have always been set in my ways and did not fancy changing my behavior or lifestyle. — Geraldine Lee Wei Ling

My duty is to serve and protect the twelfth prince of Xing.-Lan Fan to Ling — Hiromu Arakawa

I think I'm open to adventures and surprises. As a performer, I'm really just naturally talented. And those roles may not look as good on paper, but I know how to create them on screen. I like to have fun and interpret my roles in my own way. — Bai Ling

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will. — Lisa Ling

There are moments you wait for. And then there are moments you wait for. Moments you spend every other moment preparing for. Points of your life that click and turn. Push you in a completely new direction. — Ryan Graudin

The only thing Oriental about me is my face, — Soong May-ling

I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means. — Lisa Ling

This world has suns, but they are overcast;This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom;Life still expects, and empty falls at last;Warm Hope on tiptoe drops into the tomb. — John Clare

Do not tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. - James J. Ling — Zig Ziglar

I am 54 years old and happily single. In addition to my nuclear family, I have a close circle of friends. Most of my friends are men. But my reputation is such that their female partners would never consider me a threat. — Geraldine Lee Wei Ling

The city of Oia is the most magnificently romantic place I've ever been. — Lisa Ling

If the Beast gave me a library like he gave to Belle, I'd marry him too. — Aya Ling

At the end of the day, TV is supposed to be entertaining. But it's important for me that there's some take-away value from it. — Lisa Ling

Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful. — Bai Ling

She says affection is all very well being imagined, like a romantic fancy, but marriage should be based on practical purposes in order to last longer. — Aya Ling

My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, won't you play with my ding-a-ling. — Chuck Berry

You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face. — Bai Ling

I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks. — Bai Ling

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different. — Bai Ling

I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person. — Lisa Ling

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of. — Bai Ling

I think I'm known as an adventuress. Even generally in life, I have no fear. It's not that I'm not afraid of things, but when I am afraid of something, I don't back away - I approach it and try to understand what makes me afraid. — Bai Ling

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays. — Lisa Ling

After being cooked, ling cod tends to bleed out some moisture, so, before serving, let it rest a few moments on a plate. Once the moisture has been released, you can carefully pick up the fillet with a slotted spatula and transfer it to another plate for saucing. This way, you won't sog out your beautiful sauce. — Tom Douglas

We are striving to change things, lass. But changes don't occur overnight." - Mr. Wellesley — Aya Ling

For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind? — Thomas Gray

We write our own destiny;
we become what we do. — Soong May-ling

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer. — Lisa Ling

Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions ... You follow and obey. — Bai Ling

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts. — Lisa Ling

Love is a fine mingling of holding on and letting go. — Wan-Ling, Wong

Parents are working more than ever before and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, and schools are selling astronomical amounts of junk food in order to supplement shrinking budgets. It's a ticking time bomb, and America's children are exploding. — Lisa Ling

Bacon Brussels sprouts 1 lb. of brussel sprouts (washed and trimmed) 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard Salt to taste Pepper to taste 2 tbsp. butter 6 oz. bacon Start by heating a medium skillet over medium high heat and frying the bacon until browned on both sides. Transfer to a paper towel to drain and cool. Slice the bacon into about 1 inch ling pieces. Slice the brussel sprouts in half and add them to the crock pot along with the bacon, mustard, butter, salt and pepper. Mix well cook for 4 hours on low. Then serve. Hot Wings — Karen L. Davids

I'm not superstitious. — Bai Ling

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment. — Lisa Ling

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. I'm a big advocate of therapy and third-party intervention. — Lisa Ling

I think that's something people need to convey because you see all these celebrity moms out there, and the perception is they can do it all, but they have sooo much help. And it's kind of an unfair image to project for many women, because it is really hard, and if you have help, you should indicate you have help. — Lisa Ling

Make your relationship your number-one priority. — Lisa Ling

Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them. — Nicholas Ling