Saturday, July 23, 2005

AFI #097 James Cagney as George M. Cohan, Yankee Doodle Dandy

My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.

- James Cagney as George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

This line is ranked #97 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

AFI #098 Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, Dirty Dancing

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

- Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), Dirty Dancing (1987)

This line is ranked #98 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Friday, July 22, 2005

AFI #099 Margaret Hamilton as Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!

- Margaret Hamilton as Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz (1939)

This line is ranked #99 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

AFI #100, Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Titanic

I'm the king of the world!

- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Titanic (1997)

This line is ranked #100 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Sunday, September 14, 2003

Qingxu Daode Zhenjun (清虛道德真君)

Qingxu Daode Zhenjun (清虛道德真君)

Alternative Names (異名):
清虛道德真君, Qingxu Daode Zhenjun


Qingxu Daode Zhenju (Chinese: 清虛道德真君; Pinyin: Qīngxū Dàodé Zhēnjūn) a character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods.

Daode Zhenjun is the renowned superiorman of Mount Green Top, Purple Cave. At one point in time during the Yang Ren incident, Zhenjun would realize that Yang Ren's time is not yet over, and he thus needs to exist for a longer period of time. Due to this, Insouciant would unleash his Yellow Kerchiefed Genie to scoop up Yang Ren and effectively bring him to his mountain by creating a large dust storm. Next, Insouciant would place a set amount of magic on both of Yang Ren's eyes (because Yang Ren previously had his eyes removed as punishment by King Zhou of Shang). Following this, Zhenjun would blow on Yang Ren's face and tell him to awaken. Following this point, Zhenjun would have Yang Ren as his disciple for the remainder of his alloted time.

At one point in time when Huang Feihu had been completely surrounded by Wen Zhong's forces, Zhenjun would engulf Huang and his entourage in a sleep-inducing fog and would then move them outside the valley. As seen following this, Zhenjun has the ability to create clone forms of any individual at will (due to his magic gourd). Some time later when Huang had been struck in the arm by Chen Tong's magical dart, Zhenjun would summon his disciple, Huang Tianhua, and tell him to quickly save his father -- who is in difficulty. Before the leave of his disciple, Zhenjun would first hand Tianhua a flower basket, his Non-Evil Sword, and tell him to hurry back once his objective is completed


Superiormen of Fengshen Yanyi | Fengshen Yanyi characters | Taoism | Chinese gods | Chinese mythology

Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Qibo (岐伯)

Qibo (岐伯)

Alternative Names (異名):
Qibo, 岐伯, 기백, Qíbó(pinyin), Chi Bo(Wade-Giles)


Qibo, was a mythological Chinese doctor, employed by Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) as his minister. It is said that he was enlightened with the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine by an ethereal being from the heavens.

He was a doctor in shanggu shidai (simplified Chinese: 上古时代; traditional Chinese: 上古時代; pinyin: shànggǔ shídài) in legend. He lived in Beidi (Chinese: 北地; pinyin: běidì, now Qingyang).

It is said that he had learned medicine from some celestial being like Guangchengzi, Chisongzi (Chinese: 赤松子; pinyin: chìsōngzǐ), Zhongnanzi (Chinese: 中南子; pinyin: zhōngnánzǐ). He recognized medicinal herb in daylight, learned Tao of health maintenance and mastered jingluo medicine. Zhongnanzi recommended Qibo to Huangdi, while Huangdi asked Tao to Guangchengzi in Kongtong Mountains. Qibo became the chancellor of Huangdi. He sampled medicinal herbs by the order of Huangdi. Huangdi Neijing is the a book comprising the dialogues regarding medicinal problems between Huangdi and Qibo.

The renowned sinologist Paul Unschuld maintains based on phonetic resemblances that the elusive Qibo might actually have been Hippocrates.


Traditional Chinese medicine | History of China | Chinese mythology | Asian mythology stubs | Chinese people stubs

Friday, November 22, 2002

Economy, Ben Bernanke


A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous "helicopter drop" of money.

- Ben Bernanke, [Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke, Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2002]