"[to Rachel] Good for you. Walking away from Nick and his family's fat-ass property portfolio. You have no one, no net worth, but you have integrity. That's why I respect you."

"Chinese sons think their moms fart Chanel No. 5."

"God forbid we lose the ancient Chinese tradition of guilting your children."

"I chose to help my husband run a business and to raise a family. For me, it was a privilege. But for you, you may think it's old-fashioned. It's nice you appreciate this house and us being here together wrapping dumplings. But all this doesn't just happen. It's because we know to put family first, instead of chasing one's passion."

"You kind of look like a slutty Ebola virus."

"[to Rachel] She just thinks you're some like unrefined banana. Yellow on the outside, and white on the inside."

"Fiona Xie – Kitty Pong"

"It was never my job to make you feel like a man. I can't make you something you're not."

"Remy Hii – Alistair Cheng"

"Nico Santos – Oliver T'sien"

"Ken Jeong – Goh Wye Mun"

"Chris Pang – Colin Khoo"

"Sonoya Mizuno – Araminta Lee"

"Oliver T'sien: It's about time somebody stood up to Auntie Eleanor. But you, not me, oh god. She can't ever know I was here."

"Henry Golding – Nicholas "Nick" Young"

"Michelle Yeoh – Eleanor Sung-Young"

"Wye Mun Goh: Let me get this straight. You both went to the same school. Yet someone came back with a degree that's useful, and the other one came back as Asian Ellen."

"Constance Wu – Rachel Chu"

"Koh Chieng Mun – Neena Goh"

"Calvin Wong – P.T. Goh"

"Lisa Lu – Shang Su Yi"

"Awkwafina – Goh Peik Lin"

"Victoria Loke – Fiona Tung-Cheng"

"[in Singapore Changi Airport] Wow, I can't believe this airport has a butterfly garden, and a movie theater. JFK's just salmonella and despair."

"Janice Koh – Felicity Young"

"Gemma Chan – Astrid Young Teo"

"I'm so Chinese I'm an econ professor with lactose intolerance."

"Jimmy O. Yang – Bernard Tai"

"Rachel, these people aren't just rich, okay. They're crazy rich. Look, there's new money all over Asia. We got the Beijing Billionaires, the Taiwan Tycoons. But the Young family, they're old money rich. They had money when they left China in the 1800s. [pointing to a globe] And they went all the way down here. Not there. Here. They came to Singapore when there was nothing but jungle and pig farmers. There was a snake here, eating an apple. You know what I mean? And they built all of this. Now, they're the landlords of the most expensive city in the world. They're so posh and snobby, it's snoshy!"

"Amy Cheng – Jacqueline Ling"