Mei Li Quotes in Flower Drum Song (1961)

Policeman: So where are you folks from?

Mei Li: The East.

Policeman: Oh, New York, huh?

Dr. Li: Further east.

Mei Li: [singing] A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day, / And those who say they don't agree are those who do not hear or see. / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.

Mei Li: [to Wang Chi-Yang] This is beautiful and very outspoken.

Mei Li: Oh yes, I like it. Especially I like.

Mei Li: You smell good. You wear incense to scare away evil spirits?

Linda Low: Oh no, to attract them!

Wang Ta: Would you like to dance?

Mei Li: I don't know how, but I will walk around with you while you dance.

Wang Ta: Here, they're not really married until they seal it with a kiss.

Mei Li: Everything in America ends in a kiss. What does it mean? Why do they do it?

Mei Li: Very pretty.

[last lines]

Mei Li: [singing] A hundred million miracles.

Linda Low: [singing] A hundred million miracles.

All Cast: [singing] A hundred million miracles. a hundred million miracles are happening everyday.

Mei Li: [singing] A little girl in Chunking, just thirty inches tall, / Decides that she will try to walk and nearly doesn't fall! / A hundred million miracles! / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.