The Golden Gate Quotes

“Right- we're the good Orientals now. But I still can't buy a house outside Chinatown. That's 'all men are created equal' for you.”
― Amy Chua, The Golden Gate

“You know what my eight-year-old daughter said to me the other day, Callaghan?' asked Gong. 'She was crying. She said someone called her a Jap. And you know what my first reaction was? How dare they mistake my daughter for a fucking Jap. Now is that a healthy way to think? But that's what this country does. Not e pluribus unum, but divide and conquer. Italians, Greeks, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, you name it. Turn them all against each other, and everyone against the Blacks. Now it's the Japs' turn, but it will be some other group next- maybe us again.”
― Amy Chua, The Golden Gate

“Ninety percent of success is confidence. That’s why it’s the people with the least self-doubt who rule the world—which is pretty scary if you think about it.”
― Amy Chua, The Golden Gate

“In fact, though, the name Golden Gate had nothing to do with the precious metal. The bridge was so called because of the body of water it crossed—the Golden Gate Strait—and the strait got its name in 1846, two years before gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill. The strait’s name was a prophecy that San Francisco’s enormous natural harbor, one of the largest in the world, would one day be America’s golden gate to the riches of trade with the Orient.”
― Amy Chua, The Golden Gate