I love the flamboyance, the melodrama, the bloody theatre of Russian history. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.” — Russian proverb Copy Share Image
Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown.… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it. — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
“The Eskimos have thirty words for describing different kinds of snow, and modern Russian has about the same number of expressions to… — Viktor Pelevin Copy Share Image
People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image
If I wanted to learn Arabic or Russian, I could. Or tie my shoes in a new way, I could. Why? Dedication. — Bryson DeChambeau Copy Share Image
“But I held her in my heart, and would stay with her all my days, even if a great many of them… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“A Spaniard and a Pole worked in the barbershop where we got our hair cut. An Italian shined our shoes. A Croat… — Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov Copy Share Image
I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
I teach a lecture course on American poetry to as many as 150 students. For a lot of them, it's their only… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
One of the conventions that I always liked was Doctor Zhivago, where everything that's written on the screen is in Russian but… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like… — Jason Ritter Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been most excited by is U.S. television drama. For my money, it's some of the greatest narrative… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier. — Andrei Platonov Copy Share Image
The Russian government imposed my head on the body of Russian models in straight jackets. — Jen Psaki Copy Share Image
It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language. — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play characters, and that was definitely one - a Russian spy. — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
Once I stop being a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I will not stop being a Russian poet. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people. — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
if you'd teach me to swear in russian, i might have a new appreciation for it — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
