Explore a collection of the most beloved and motivational quotes and sayings about Asian. Share these powerful messages with your loved ones on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or on your personal blog, and inspire the world with their wisdom. We've compiled the Top 100 Asian Quotes and Sayings from 92 influential authors, including Fred Tomaselli,Iris Chang,Malcolm Gladwell,Teresa Heinz,Christopher Titus, for you to enjoy and share.

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock. By Fred Tomaselli Transcendentalism Counterculture Asian American Work

They probably do have an Asian Barbie. By Iris Chang Barbie Asian

Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Ask an English-speaking seven-year-old to add thirty-seven plus twenty-two in her head, and she has to convert the words to numbers (37 + 22). Only then can she do the math: 2 plus 7 is 9 and 30 and 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask an Asian child to add three-tens-seven and two-tens-two, and then the necessary equation is right there, embedded in the sentence. No number translation is necessary: It's five-tens-nine. By Malcolm Gladwell Functions Addition Easily Asian Children

I'm an African American. By Teresa Heinz American African

I don't tell people I'm white anymore - I'm albino-Cambodian. By Christopher Titus Anymore Albinocambodian People White

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career. By Jason Wu Asian Taiwan Designer Born Race

Not only was I not white, to many people I wasn't Asian either By Eddie Huang Asian White People

Shout out to asian girls, let the lights dim some(dim sum). By Drake Shout Girls Sum Dim Asian

The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally. By Tadashi Yanai Samsung Asian Success Brand Admire

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover. By Paul Muni Hoover Chinese Herbert

Now it's time for amasians ... That's Asians doing something amazing. By Daniel Tosh Amasians Time Asians Amazing

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles. By Lisa See Chinese Angeles Los Eighth Large

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. By Diane Ackerman Mongolian Hair Mother Part Lotuspale

Asian Americans, like Native Americans, are not evenly distributed across the United States. To lump these people together ignores the sharp differences between them. Any examination of Asian Americans quickly reveals their diversity, which will be apparent as we focus on individual Asian American groups, beginning with Asian Indians. By Richard T. Schaefer Asian States Americans Native United

[My mother is] a half-Chinese, half-Jamaican woman, who grew up the ninth of nine kids, getting a law degree from Harvard. Academically brilliant, but also incredibly strong-willed and ethical. My mother was like that, my sister is, and my wife is too. By Harry Connick Jr. Harvard Halfchinese Halfjamaican Woman Kids

Asian girls are so natural and beautiful. I guess they don't like to wear make up By Greyson Chance Asian Beautiful Girls Natural Guess

I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese. By Ma Ying-Jeou Chinese Taiwanese

When I do an Asian character or an Asian voice I'm doing one because that's my heritage and my family and where I come from. My family is of Korean descent and specifically North Korean descent. So it makes sense for me to talk about that issue because it's the only weapon I have to somehow avenge my family and my history. By Margaret Cho Asian Family Korean Character Voice

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard. By Samuel George Morton Long Black American Race Complexion

I used to date Olivia Munn.. when she was Lisa. That was the problem. She wasn't Asian back then. By Brett Ratner Munn Olivia Date Lisa Asian

I don't know what to say about Asians. I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at (for example skin color, bone structure), but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism. By Tao Lin Asians Information Racist Degrees Based

On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans. By J. Philippe Rushton Koreans Kenyans Chinese Australians Israelis

panchitos, blacks, By Rafael Chirbes Panchitos Blacks

They travel in groups. You never see an Asian by their self. By Chelsea Handler Groups Travel Asian

We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks nobody's purity runs very deep. By Nicolas Guillen White Chinese Black Mixed Cheap

Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians. By Yani Tseng Hard Asians Players Train Monday

I'm a quarter Chinese and three-quarter Filipino. I don't look Filipino; I look more Chinese or Korean. It actually works in my favor: in terms of roles, it gives me a broader canvas. By Reggie Lee Filipino Chinese Korean Quarter Threequarter

I'm of Arab background. By Helen Thomas Arab Background

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty. She has no mouth. By Margaret Cho Kitty Asian Model Thing Sort

I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am. By Ang Lee Chinese Heart Oldfashioned

I'm an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny. By Henry Cho Asian Southern Accent People Funny

In some ways I consider myself more Chinese, because I live in San Francisco, which is becoming a predominantly Asian city. I avoid falling into the black-and-white dialectic in which most of America still seems trapped. I have always recognized that, as an American, I am in relationship with other parts of the world; that I have to measure myself against the Pacific, against Asia. Having to think of myself in relationship to that horizon has liberated me from the black-and-white checkerboard. By Richard Rodriguez Chinese Francisco San Asian City

The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture. By Kevin Kwan Asian Culture Idea Ascendancy Entered

I'm half Asian, so people immediately go, "Oh, you do kung fu," like that's what we do. We wake up, we do kung fu, we brush our teeth. It's just assumed that you're not working your ass off to make this believable and make this something great, and we absolutely are. By Maggie Q Asian Kung Half People Immediately

Who ever told you a Chinaman was a coloured man? By Kurt Vonnegut Chinaman Man Told Coloured

I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from the East as well because I have deep-set eyes. Make-up artists are constantly trying to shade my eyelids, and I have to point out that I don't have any! By Olivia Williams American Spanish Anglosaxon Mixture Bit

In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a foreigner. I'm always a foreigner. By Margaret Cho America Korean Foreigner Heritage Asia

I wanted to try to create characters that happen to be Asian but who are pretty different from those we generally see in our culture, in our commercial culture. By Adrian Tomine Culture Asian Wanted Create Characters

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am. By Ryan Giggs Origins Conversation Hide Seek Make

There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again. By Randall Park Asian Funny Stereotype Industry People

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs. By Donnie Yen America Chinese Types Growing Thick

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences. By Jackie Chan American Asian Films Audiences Make

I look Asian. I need to go to Japan. By Javier Camara Asian Japan

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. By Amy Tan Chinese Part Obvious Family Blood

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career. By Eric Liu Sport Asian American Lin Nba

As an Asian American at pilot season you take whatever there is. By Reggie Lee Asian American Pilot Season

When it comes to the Yellow Races overruning the world, you may laugh ... [The Chinese] have neither the foresight or endurance to overrun any white country in any way except by intermarriage. One American marine could stand off a great many yellowmen without much effort. By L. Ron Hubbard Yellow Races World Laugh Overruning

Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person. By Lucy Liu Asian Open Business People Caucasian

Nothing as white as the white girl an Indian boy loves. By Sherman Alexie Indian Loves White Girl Boy

Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda. By Dat Phan Fifty Asians Twenty Yoda

When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans. By Adrian Tomine Work Asianamericans Started Publishing Biggest

In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them. By Patrick Soon-Shiong Africa South Chinese Hospital Black

Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness. By Jack Kornfield Westerners Selfhatred Asians Fear Unworthiness

Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as "good" minorities and African Americans are represented as "bad" minorities. Here, the achievements of Asian Americans are used to discipline African Americans. As model minorities, Asian Americans achieved the status of "honorary Whites". Again it is important to point out that the honorary whiteness of Asian Americans was granted at the expense of Blacks. It is also significant that as "honorary Whites," Asian Americans do not have the actual privileges associated with "real" whiteness. By Jennifer Lee Americans Asian African Represented Whites

I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.' By Jo Koy Time Asian Worst Compliments Chicken

Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge. By Rainbow Rowell Filipino Asia Huge

I can hear people in American society saying, "Oh, you just like that subservient kind of woman in Asia who waits on her man hand and foot." Nothing could be more of a misconception. Many Asian women I've met, surely the most interesting ones. . . have strengths of character that most of us in America - male or female-simply lack. By Richard Terrill American Asia Foot Hear People

It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian. By James Iha Asian Fans Suppose Ratio Time

We South Asians have sycophancy in our genes! By Cyrus Broacha South Asians Genes Sycophancy

Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this America is one in which different races easily interact, in which a white person might have an Asian boss, Hispanic stepson, or African-American frenemy. By Wesley Morris America Television Music Watches Lot

I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians. By Pauline Hanson Asians Danger Swamped

Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that's usually working in Asian food. By Tom Colicchio Asian European Food Easy Mouth

Asia: Four little letters, three billion little people. By Stephen Colbert Asia Letters People Billion

I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what it was like to be different, to always want to fit in and never feel like you ever could. By Tess Gerritsen Diego Chinese San Asianamerican Girl

I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to. By George Tenet United States Asian African Americans

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot. By Moon Bloodgood Asian Future Theory White Sort

I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category. By B. D. Wong Asian Jeopardy Lots Things Guess

The heads of leading American universities say that if they selected applicants based on grades alone, their student bodies would be 100 percent Asian. By Paul Achleitner Asian American Percent Heads Leading

A lot of Asians and Asian-Americans have liver problems. If you basically ask anybody who is Asian, they or one of their relatives will have some sort of a liver issue, and the liver actually falls into the jurisdiction of the gastroenterologist. By Gene Luen Yang Liver Problems Asians Asian Lot

When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative. And you look at the Indians, they have been very gifted in the spirituality. By Reggie White Asian Creation Creativity Inventions Asians

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian. By Soledad O'brien Black Latina Cuban Afrocuban Australian

I come from a multicultural family. By Sarah Jones Family Multicultural

I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then. By Yunjin Kim Television York Asian Person Growing

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder. By Raquel Cepeda Race Guess Depends Learned Beholder

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese. By Jennifer Lee Americanborn Chinese Abcs Siblings

Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest. By P. J. O'rourke Asian Asia Forgot Continent Rhythm

she's part Armenian, By Dahlia Adler Armenian Part

My features are completely ethnic. By Naomi Campbell Ethnic Features Completely

I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture and therefore can't write about it. By and large, if there's an Asian character, I might get a call. But if the character is called 'Philip,' the chances are I won't. By Sanjeev Bhaskar Asian Writers Philip Sense Kind

I'm telling you, the Oriental people, they're slowly taking over. By Rob Ford Oriental People Telling Slowly Taking

When you ask your white friends what their cultural heritage is, they don't just say white. They give you a math equation. 'Well, I'm a third German and a fourth Irish and one-sixteenth Welsh and one-fortieth Native American for college applications.' By Hari Kondabolu White Friends Cultural Heritage German

He was half-white and half-Korean, but when asked about his ethnicity, he always said Hawaiian, a declaration of racial neutrality that, more often than not, let him avoid further inquest. By Don Lee Hawaiian Halfkorean Ethnicity Inquest Halfwhite

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany. By Mark Dacascos Spanish Chinese Filipino Greek Hawaii

I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've never been really powerful, they've never expressed some of the experiences I had growing up in the U.S. Johnny Tam is the first one. By Tess Gerritsen Johnny Tam Asianamerican Career Stage

Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes. By Sandra Oh Boxes Asian Put Actors Hollywood

" ... light-skinned," and with "no negro dialect." By Harry Reid Lightskinned Dialect Negro

You can tell he's mexican because of his chinese eyes. By Madeline Downs Eyes Mexican Chinese

A huge Chinese population here in ... Houston. By Bill Walton Chinese Houston Huge Population

I'm English. And I don't have tan skin or blond hair or green eyes. By Sam Claflin English Eyes Tan Skin Blond

Chinese people questioned my yellowness because I was born in America. Then white people questioned my identity as an American because I was yellow. By Eddie Huang America Questioned Chinese People Yellowness

I'm just honest. They [asians] don't want to see black people generally in their movies. By Bill Maher Asians Honest Movies Black People

Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one - I am Chinese. By Godfrey Gao Chinese Read Cent Strange

Asians don't use the oven for anything but holding Jordans. By Eddie Huang Jordans Asians Oven Holding

I think I'm more European in personality. By Sally Kirkland European Personality

I am myself of a mixed background. By Quiara Alegria Hudes Background Mixed

I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. By Chloe Bennet Asian American Ethnic Woman Hard

Whatever your ethnicity is, in this life you are going to be on a journey to discover who you are and how you feel about yourself. By Lauren London Ethnicity Life Journey Discover Feel

We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism. By Jane Wilson-Howarth Asia Bones Laughter Smells Rhythms

My American walking shoes are new, and my Oriental eyes are old. By Ameen Rihani American Oriental Walking Shoes Eyes

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. By Michael Chang Asians World Playing Tennis Lot