Chiun Does a nightingale sing?
Played by Joel Grey 
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) · 29 quotes
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) · 29 quotes
Most-quoted character in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985): in 23 of its 29 quotes
Most scenes with: Remo Williams (6)
In Korea, door handles do not break.
More lines from Chiun
15 quotes Chiun Chiun He move like a baboon, with two clubbed feet!
Chiun You move like a pregnant yak. Sit.
Chiun You did not ask to be white. So perhaps that is not your fault. You did not ask to be here. Perhaps that is not your fault, either.
Chiun Breathe out... slowly... do not gulp. If you do not breathe correctly, you do not move correctly. Pitiful. I can see the deadly hamburger has done its evil work. We must sweat the poison from your body and rebuild.
Chiun Do you know why Americans call it 'fast food'? Because it speeds them on their way to their graves.
Chiun The trained mind does not need a watch. Watches are a confidence trick invented by the Swiss.
Chiun Professional assassination is the highest form of public service.
Chiun For an apricot, yes. For a head of lettuce, even more so. But for a mountain I am not even begun in years. However, for a man I am just right.
Chiun Fear is nothing more than a feeling. You feel hot. You feel hungry. You feel angry. You feel afraid. Fear can never kill you.
Chiun Purge your mind of fear and believe in yourself. Without that belief, I can do nothing with you.
Chiun Kung Fu, Karate, Ninjitsu... nothing more than shadows. Sinanju is the sun.
Chiun I reloaded.
Chiun [after having run across a span of water to reach a speedboat that Remo is piloting]
You must run very fast.
Chiun "Place your hands on top of your head." [Kicks Remo in the crotch] "I did not say to keep them there."
Scenes with Chiun
7 scenes
Do you always talk like a Chinese fortune cookie?
Chiun [striking Remo]
Chinese! I am Korean! The Korean is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot.
Chiun Concentrate. This is no time for prayer.
Chiun It would be better for you to eat this can than what is inside of it. Why must everything in this country be coated with monositi-... monosoti...
Monosodium glutamate. You can't even say it.
Chiun I can say "rat droppings." That does not mean I wish to eat them.
Chiun Women should stay home and make babies. Preferably, manchild.
Major Rayner Fleming [to Remo]
I see you both went to the same charm school.
You know, Chiun, there are times when I really like you.
Chiun Of course. I am Chiun.
And there are times when I could really kill you.
Chiun Good! We will practice that after dinner.
Are you hurt?
Chiun No. When you approach middle age, there is a tendency toward bruising, my son.
What? What did you call me?
Chiun I called you a clumsy oaf! You drive like a monkey in heat!
You know, Chiun, sometimes you're a real pain in the ass.
Chiun That is because it is the shortest route to your brain.
Chiun, you're incredible!
Chiun No!... I am better than that...
