Michelle Yeoh movie quotes

“You cannot call yourself a true geisha until you can stop a man in his tracks with a single look.”

Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“- Shen: My parentshated me. Do you understand? They wronged me. And I will make it right.
- Soothsayer: They loved you. They loved you so much that having to send you away killed them.
- Shen: The dead exist in the past. And I must attend to the future.”
Gary Leonard Oldman - Shen
Michelle Yeoh - Soothsayer

“- Jen Yu: It must exciting to be a fighter, to be totally free.
- Yu Shu Lien: Fighters have rules, too. Friendship, trust, integrity. Always keep your promise. Without rules we wouldn't survive long.”
Zhang Ziyi - Jen Yu
Michelle Yeoh - Yu Shu Lien

“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.”
Michelle Yeoh - Soothsayer

Every once in a while, a man's "eel" likes to visit a woman's "cave".

Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“Geisha are not courtesans or wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place only of beauty.”

Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron.”
Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.”
Michelle Yeoh - Yu Shu Lien

“No man would bid so much for a thing he had already taken.”

Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“Whatever path you decide to take in this life, be true to yourself.”
Michelle Yeoh - Yu Shu Lien

The very word "geisha" means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.
Michelle Yeoh - Mameha

“- Wai Lin: What are you waiting for, shoot him!
- James Bond: I told you, we're gonna finish this together!
- Elliot Carver: How romantic! Do you realize how absurd your position is?
- James Bond: No more absurd than starting a war for ratings.
- Elliot Carver: Great men have always manipulated the media to save the world.”

Michelle Yeoh - Wai Lin
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Jonathan Pryce - Elliot Carver