Asian American Quotes: top 33 famous quotes about Asian American

Asian American Quotes & Sayings

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I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community. — Jeremy Lin

The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American. — David Douglas Duncan

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

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. — Lyndon B. Johnson

I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from Asia. — Ming-Na Wen

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. — Michael Chang

As an Asian American at pilot season you take whatever there is. — Reggie Lee

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

Only on a few occasions had I ever been comfortable showing my body off, and now here I was, taking a job where Asian boobs and ass ran free. — Teresa Lo

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S. — Jeremy Lin

To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support Asian-American artists. — Justin Chon

It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud. — Denis Markell

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. — Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support! — Jeremy Lin

Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle. — Grace Meng

The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. — Ferdinand Marcos

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others. — Simon S. Tam

Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together. — Bernie Sanders

I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America. — George Takei

It's not at all my objective to become an Asian-American star. — Daniel Wu

Most people can't tell if I'm European, Asian, African or American. Isn't it good to know my ancestors weren't racist motherfuckers? — Daniel Marques

American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France. — Suzanne Fields

There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans. — B. D. Wong

I met a woman who told me that she wasn't attracted to Asians. "No worries," I said. "I'm not attracted to racists — Simon Tam

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising. — Robert Morgan

I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea. — Monique Truong

When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else. — Joel Robuchon

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences. — Jackie Chan

Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes. — Jeremy Lin

But to pretend that all was right with the world, I first had to know what was wrong. — Amy Tan

Personally, sometimes I'll lament the journey of an Asian-American actor, walking into audition rooms in 1999. — Kelvin Yu

No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act. — Mako

I am forced to admit that I am, to them, nothing but a series of destinations with no meaningful expanses in between. — Monique Truong