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Quotes About Canton

Canton has meant a lot to me.
~ C. J. McCollum
There were African slaves in China from at least the seventh century CE, and, Wolf reports, "by 1119 most of the wealthy people of Canton were said to have possessed Black slaves.
~ David Christian
In 1996, I took advantage of some favourable circumstances to propose to the state of the Ticino Canton the foundation of the Academy of Architecture and, with it, an Italian-speaking university in Switzerland.
~ Mario Botta
as he stalked back toward the produce stand. If the Canton gang had stooped to harassing women
~ Jeri Smith-Ready
Growing up, I used to play in a lot of U.S.A. Camps and as a kid I used to play in Canton a lot, so I'm kind of familiar with the environment.
~ Dwayne Haskins
a quien en el cantón conocíamos como 'eligio', para no tener que decirle eligio de puta.
~ Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Era un asunto embrollado: el español era Topete, a quien en el cantón conocíamos como «Eligio», para no tener que decirle Eligio de Puta.
~ Jorge Ibargüengoitia
One of the most marvelous features of Canton is the city of house boats, floating and stationary, in which about a quarter of a million people live and, it may with truth be added, are born and die. This population is quite distinct in race from the land population of Canton, which looks down upon it as a pariah and alien caste.
~ Isabella Bird