top of page
"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Community quotes

"We are members of the Church of Christ."

"Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others."

"If you can establish yourself in the community as a giver, those people with whom you associate yourself will extend your branding far beyond you."

"We fatties have a bond, dude. It's like a secret society. We got all kinds of shit you don't know about. Handshakes, special fat people dances-we got these secret fugging lairs in the center of the earth and we go down there in the middle of the night when all the skinny kids are sleeping and eat cake and friend chicken and shit. Why d'you think Hollis is still sleeping, kafir? Because we were up all night in the secret lair injecting butter frosting into our veins. ...A fatty trusts another fatty."

"You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich."

"Only the church can provide people with quality fellowship."
Explore more quotes by Martin Yan

"Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful."

"Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef."

"I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher."

"The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined."

"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."

"I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed."

"Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent."

"So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out."
bottom of page