39 Quotes by Patricia Marx

There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble.

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.

One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.

For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.

The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.

Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.

You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country?

Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.