Wang Quotes & Sayings

I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl. — Vera Wang

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring. — Alexander Wang

Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead. — Paul Eldridge

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market. — Wang Jianlin

Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old ...
- Wang Lung — Pearl S. Buck

When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes — Vera Wang

I've always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag. — Alexander Wang

China is a government-oriented economy. No one can say he can run his business entirely without government connections. Anybody who says that he or she can do things alone ... is a hypocrite. — Wang Jianlin

I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal. — Vera Wang

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started. — Alexander Wang

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity. — Vera Wang

He saw on the paper a picture of a man, white-skinned, who hung upon a crosspiece of wood. The man was without clothes except for a bit about his loins, and to all appearences he was dead, since his head drooped upon his shoulder and his eyes were closed above his bearded lips. Wang Lung looked at the pictured man in horror and with increasing interest. — Pearl S. Buck

My next goal is for Shenzhen to become the model of environmentally-friendly and sustainable development. — Wang Shi

You must still stand up and say no when society is facing a backslide or a moment of danger. — Wang Shi

Real estate deals a lot with the government. It isn't like manufacturing, logistics, home appliances or the auto sector, which deal with consumers. — Wang Jianlin

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared. — Vera Wang

As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves 'What's next?' It takes humility to realize that we don't know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing. — Cher Wang

I admire people who have that integrity, who know how to peacefully move through a situation - and it's reflected in how they deal with things like loss. — Patrick Wang

If Wanda can control more than 20 per cent of the world's three most important film markets - the United States, Europe and China - then it will have an empire with great voice in the industry. — Wang Jianlin

Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business. — Wang Jianlin

I know Bo Xilai well. But our relationship was based on our work; we didn't have a personal relationship. — Wang Jianlin

Albanian dogs go "ham ham." In Catalan, dogs go "bup bup." The Chinese dogs say "wang wang," the Greek dogs go "gav gav," the Slovenians "hov hov," and the Ukrainians "haf haf." In Iceland, it's "voff," in Indonesia, it's "gong gong," and in Italian, it's "bau bau. — John Lloyd

Wang walked past the three happily playing children and entered the room that Ye had indicated. He paused in front of the door, seized by a strange feeling. It was as if he had returned to his dream-filled youth. From the depths of his memory arose a tingling sadness, fragile and pure like morning dew, tinged with a rosy hue. Gently, — Liu Cixin

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures. — Vera Wang

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn. — Vera Wang

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally. — Vera Wang

Wang-mu fell silent, but not because she was embarrassed. She simply had nothing to say, and therefore said nothing. — Orson Scott Card

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals. — Wang Jianlin

Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either. — Vera Wang

If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice. — Alexander Wang

Ready-to-wear is what I've wanted to do since the beginning ... I'm not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown — Vera Wang

I used to work at the unemployment office. I hated it, because when they fired me, I had to show up to work anyway. — Wallace Wang

I am here because I am the one that must love Peter so much that he can feel worthy, worthy enough to bear to let the goodness of Young Valentine flow into him, making him whole, making him Ender. Not Ender the Xenocide and Andrew the Speaker for the Dead, guilt and compassion mingled in one shattered, broken, unmendable heart, but Ender Wiggin the four-year-old boy whose life was twisted and broken when he was too young to defend himself. Wang-mu was the one who could give Peter permission to become the man that child should have grown up to be, if the world had been good. — Orson Scott Card

I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it's expensive. — Ellie Goulding

I was a puzzle. An enigma. I was nothing. And then I was again. — Daniel Xiao Wang

Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu.
"I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes," said Peter.
"Then let's do it. That's us in spades. — Orson Scott Card

Miss Lilly." Mr. Kan stood up and solemnly shook her hand. "When there is such a large gap of years between two friends, we Chinese call it wang nien chih chiao, a friendship that forgets the years. It's destiny that brings us together. I hope you will always think of me and Teddy as your friends. — Ken Liu

Knowledge is the beginning of practice; doing is the completion of knowing. — Wang Yangming

I like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it! — Alexander Wang

The autumn hill gathers the remaining light, A flying bird chases after its companion. The green color is bright And brings me into the moment, like a sunset mist that has no fixed place. — Wang Wei

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities. — Wang Jianlin

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist. — Vera Wang

As an entrepreneur at heart, I am excited to see so many new opportunities, and I am honoured to accept this opportunity to help shape the next stage of HTC's development, — Cher Wang

As an entrepreneur, one cannot just work and not say anything. — Wang Shi

Investing in foreign aid would also help achieve China's strategic objectives, since aid could become a powerful tool in the expansaion of China's influence. — Wang Yizhou

I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school. — Vera Wang

A traveler s thoughts in the night Wander in a thousand miles of dreams. — Wang Wei

I spend a lot of time on eBay buying vintage. I also really like Alexander Wang, Miu Miu, Vivienne Westwood, McQueen and Balmain. — Katie McGrath

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now. — Vera Wang

Writing can be a source of strength
-Wang Liang — Xinran

In Taiwan there's a saying: Raising a child is more important than giving birth. Raising a child is greater. — Chien-Ming Wang

I would think of a quote, but I have to do my math homework — Benjamin Wang

I don't have a favourite designer because I feel every designer offers something different and special, but I do really like Alexander Wang, Burberry, Stella McCartney and Balmain. — Jourdan Dunn

I've never really had the urge to make an English album. — Wang Leehom

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges. — Alexander Wang

I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy. — Liya Kebede

When you focus on the consumer, the consumer responds. — Alexander Wang

On the other hand, I have no project. My project is to live until I die. — Esme Weijun Wang

Among the world's 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop. — Wang Jianlin

His pasty, white wang. Gross. — Penny Reid

Now it has been said from ancient times that all women who weep may be divided into three sorts. There are those who lift up their voices and their tears flow and this may be called crying; there are those who utter loud lamentations but whose tears do not flow and this may be called howling; there are those whose tears flow but who utter no sound and this may be called weeping. Of all those women who followed Wang Lung in his coffin, his wives and his sons' wives and his maid servants and his slaves and his hired mourners, there was only one who wept and it was Pear Blossom. — Pearl S. Buck

Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn't matter, I pretty much need to have. — Alexander Wang

The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia! — Vera Wang

I wear mostly black Main Line or T ... But the other day, the sun was shining so I wore blue jeans. It caused so much excitement in the office! People were literally coming up from the floor below and peering behind my desk saying; we hear you're wearing blue jeans and we have to have a look — Alexander Wang

China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries. — Wang Jianlin

Tiago had heard of what some called the 'human database' or 'omnilogos', but nothing could have prepared him for this. — Michele Amitrani

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings. — Vera Wang

I feel so thankful that I'm able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day. — Alexander Wang

Occasionally now I feel a wang that goes in my head - once you've got it you've got it. The [illness] was quite severe, leaving me deeply unhappy and frightened. — Melvyn Bragg

Probably the earliest memories for me would be going to restaurants with my family. — Alexander Wang

A true master is able to turn the hardest knowledge into easily graspable concepts. A master's knowledge is complete and organized, touching on neighboring topics, and personal. Mei — Jinkang Wang

Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company. — Wang Jianlin

I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted. — Vera Wang

And listening to all the things they would do if they had these things, Wang Lung heard only of how much they would eat and sleep, and of what dainties they would eat that they had never tasted,and how they would gamble in this great tea shop and in that, and what pretty women they would buy for their lust, and above all, how none would ever work again, even as they rich man behind the wall never worked. — Pearl S. Buck

I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker. — Vera Wang

In a globalized economy, it's very difficult for the U.K. to go it alone. Don't listen to politicians. Politicians say if the U.K. leaves, things will be better. I'm telling you, leaving could make things worse. — Wang Jianlin

I usually go for anything that makes me laugh endlessly. that's very important criteria. — Alexander Wang

Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life. — Wang Wei

The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design. — Vera Wang

To know and not to act is not to know. — Wang Yangming

No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it. — Alexander Wang

The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself. — Wang Yangming

In the end, it's not about failure, it's about how much you love what you do. — Vera Wang

I can't always be afraid and run away from everything. I have to face my fears, just like I'm doing today. — Emily Wang

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it. — An Wang

Interrogated by Pearl about the smell of roasting men and whether the Chinese variety smelled different from white flesh, Wang Amah replied confidently that white meat was coarser, more tasteless and watery, "because you wash yourselves so much. — Hilary Spurling

In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off. — Wang Jianlin

I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. — Alexander Wang

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. — An Wang

There are no heroes, Tian Haoli. Grand Secretary Shi was both courageous and cowardly, capable and foolish. Wang Xiuchu was both an opportunistic survivor and a man of greatness of spirit. I'm mostly selfish and vain, but sometimes even I surprise myself. We're all just ordinary men - well, I'm an ordinary demon - faced with extraordinary choices. In those moments, sometimes heroic ideals demand that we become their avatars. — Ken Liu

The great thing is that young talent isn't tied to a how-to model for starting a line; we get to find new ways to go about doing things. And don't let people tell you you can't. Go find a way to show that you can. — Alexander Wang

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life. — Vera Wang

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes. — Alexander Wang

Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart. — Jim Butcher

As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music. — Wang Shi

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes. — Vera Wang

Settle down and be Good forever. Find the hardest things to accept in me, and reconcile what I am with what I hope to be. — Jen Wang

Let's see: I'm into a whole bunch of different people - Alexander Wang ... that's my dude. — Theophilus London

I honestly think that with our generation - Alex Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Christian Cota, Robert Geller - there's a different expectation of what our behavior should be. People expect designers to be good businesspeople and PR people, and I don't think partying is a part of that persona the way it used to be. — Joseph Altuzarra

Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort. — Wang Yangming