Russia Quotes · Page 33

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

— Marat Safin

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

— Otto von Bismarck

When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.

— Sergei Ivanov

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.

— Anna Kournikova

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

— Joe Biden

Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.

— Richard M. Nixon

Make no mistake - Putin and his gang of oligarchs pose a real threat to democratic governments, including ours.

— Tom Suozzi

All countries will inevitably have to do what Russia has done.

— Vladimir Lenin

“Relax. There is zero chance of Putin blackmailing Trump. Blackmail depends on the possibility of embarrassment. Allan Whittow Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire”

— Iain Hollingshead

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right;…

— Henry L. Stimson

If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the…

— Ray Bradbury

I think I learned a lot just playing against Canada and Russia. Their rosters are filled with NHL studs and All-Stars.

— Auston Matthews

Hilary Clinton stated multiple times, falsely, that seventeen U.S. intelligence agencies had assessed that Russia was the source of our publications. That…

— Julian Assange

We have put the Cold War behind us. We no longer count our divisions and our warheads. And I am Russia's first…

— Sergei Ivanov

“The Russian contribution to peace in Ukraine is not sufficient. [German Chancellor commenting on 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and annexation…

— Angela Merkel

The Republican critique here is that Russia is in a weak situation, but has been emboldened by a weak response from the…

— Steve Inskeep

I care about Ukraine's success as a country; I'd like to see the conflict resolved. I'd like to see us getting back…

— Kurt Volker

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been…

— Vladimir Putin

[Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia] are here because they could offer very essential and important help, because the situation that we are facing…

— Bashar al-Assad

I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby…

— Mike Medavoy

The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing volleyball, a game I commend highly. I understand that an effort…

— James A. Michener

“Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have become both more accurate and more honest—fractionally more brave, one might…

— Christopher Hitchens

I will not speak to Vladimir Putin personally until we've rebuilt the 6th Fleet a little bit right under his nose; rebuilt…

— Carly Fiorina

“Being sick is itself a kind of ressentiment. — Against this the invalid has only one great means of cure — I…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force?

— Lois Frankel

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

— Vladimir Putin

All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.

— Marat Safin

I don't think I've ever met Putin. I mean if he's in the same room or something. But I don't think so.

— Donald Trump

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

— Gerhard Schroder

Assad owes his continuation in power to the intervention of Russia in 2015 to prop up his regime.

— Peter Bergen

America's political system is superior to the crony corrupt corrupt capital system in Russia in every way.

— Mike Pence

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

— John F. Kerry

Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.

— Alexei Mordashov

I think Putin will have to find a way to signal, even if it's a modest signal, an openness to dialogue.

— Charles Dallara

I'm familiar with Andrei Sakharov reputation, but I don't know his personal history at all.

— Edward Snowden

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

— Garry Kasparov

NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable.

— Newt Gingrich

International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

— Boris Yeltsin

“In Russia, perhaps truth and tragedy were always intertwined.”

— Laura Rose

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

— Garry Kasparov