Piao Quotes & Sayings

Say something in Mandarin," said Tessa, with a smile.
Jem said something that sounded like a lot of breathy vowels and
consonants run together, his voice rising and falling melodically: "Ni
hen piao liang."
"What did you say?" Tessa was curious.
"I said your hair is coming undone - here," he said, and reached out
and tucked an escaping curl back behind her ear. Tessa felt the blood
spill hot up into her face, and was glad for the dimness of the
carriage. "You have to be careful with it," he said, taking his hand
back, slowly, his fingers lingering against her cheek. — Cassandra Clare

People in my hometown seldom called me piao liang, [beautiful] because my smaller eyes were a far cry from the wide irises of the most beloved television actresses. — Liu Wen

To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow — William Jenkyn

Sin is ground in the notion of what is there that I want. — Mark Sanford

I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business. — Jake Lloyd

Ni hen piao liang."
"What does it mean?"
"It means that you are beautiful. — Cassandra Clare

Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. — Woody Allen

The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy required to do each task independently. You're also cheating yourself because your're not doing anything excellently. You're compromising your virtuosity. In the words of T. S. Elliot, you're 'distracted from distractions by distractions'. — Twyla Tharp

With taxes, if they aren't working right, we can change them with a stroke of the pen. It's basically a market-type mechanism. People make their own choices. You run the taxes, and you get the results. — Paul R. Ehrlich

If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on their loyalty to you, and it just won't be there. — Tim Schafer

My mother was a politician in my formative years. — Antonia Fraser

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I always had the old-school model that I'm going to work for as long as I'm relevant and focus on for-profit activities and someday when I retire I'm going to learn about philanthropy. — Marc Andreessen

I want to make a name for myself. — Fatima Siad

In my very first Wrestlemania match, I won. 17 wins from tying the Undertaker. Don't laugh. — The Miz