“Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are youn...” — Amy Chua Quote

“Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.”

“I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.”

“China is doing lots of things right. It's investing in education and R&D, it's opening up, it's more cosmopolitan than it's ever been. I think it's very likely that China will continue to explode economically and certainly become a superpower.”

“You become friends with someone when you're 16, but by the time you get to 20, you're a completely different person.”

“By the time I'm done with a project, it's taken so long that I usually don't even like it anymore. I only see the things I wish I'd done differently.”

“I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.”