Swedes, we are not - Russians, we do not want to become ... so let us be Finnish. — Adolf Ivar Arwidsson Copy Share Image
“me rakas opimme edellisten sukupolvien virheistä osasimme tehdä ne samat” — Arno Kotro Copy Share Image
In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all. — Hannes Holm Copy Share Image
“Minussa on yksinäisyyden haiseva tunkio ja surun poltinmerkki minussa on arpia vihasta ja erakkosanojen humala” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A conversation in English in Finnish and in French can not be held at the same time nor with indifference ever or… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“me olemme kuin vanha aviopari sanot hiljaa emme me ole ei tällä määrällä eripuraa tule keistään vanhaa avioparia” — Arno Kotro Copy Share Image
It's also interesting to notice that most of the best Finnish speculative writers are women. — Toni Jerrman Copy Share Image
“Kun olet lapsi mene metsään. Sydämesi on kipeä. Mene kasvaaksesi. Se on kylmää kyytiä. Siellä on karhuja ja oksia.” — Miki Liukkonen Copy Share Image
“Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (technical warrant officer trainee specialised in aircraft jet engines)” — Tarja Moles Copy Share Image
“Pearls' burst out the Snork Maiden excitedly. 'Could ankle rings be made out of pearls?' 'I should think they could,' said Moomintoll.… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
One of the interesting characteristics of the Ego Tunnel is that it creates (as Finnish philosopher Antti Revonsuo called it) a robust… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“What’s there in Finland?” his boss asked. “Sibelius, Aki Kaurismäki films, Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin.” Tsukuru listed all the names of famous Finnish… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
I hardly follow the Finnish metal scene at all at the moment. I'm more interested in traditional '80s heavy metal, and I'm… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
In Northern Estonia, the Soviet authorities didn't have a recipe on how to fight against the popularity of Finnish TV. Audiences didn't… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
I sing only in Meronian - my own language - but there are also elements of English and Finnish languages in our… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
The average studies of cellphones and brain cancer have studied people who have used cellphones for five years or less. Sometimes eight… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
“In one of our conversations, she told me about Finland’s development of sisu, a rough cognate for grit. Etymologically, sisu denotes a… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“Craftsman Ilmarinen wept Every evening for his woman, Weeping sleepless through the nights And fasting through the days; In the early hours… — Elias Lönnrot Copy Share Image
In Sweden I am considered the Finnish-Norwegian, in Norway Finnish-Swedish, and in Finland Swedish-Norwegian. I've never really belonged anywhere. — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
“Raskas peitto, mutta me haluammekin sellaisia unia, tyyniä ja puuduttavia. Joskus muistaa jonkun hetken joka on tapahtunut, mihin kaikki on mennyt” — Joni Pyysalo Copy Share Image
I'm studying Finnish, and it's one of the five most difficult languages in the world. And the more I learn, the more… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
“sinuun on kasvanut uudenlaisia karvoja ja sinuun on ylipäänsä kasvanut karvoja. Poskissasi nukkaa rinnassasi ruskeaa rähmää sinun, minä olen sinun” — Maaria Päivinen Copy Share Image
Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled… — Paavo Haavikko Copy Share Image
Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For… — Kaija Saariaho Copy Share Image
I talked with labels and they wouldn't help with my international career. They said, 'Saara, if you're in Finland you just have… — Saara Aalto Copy Share Image
“ Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly… — Christine Wulff Copy Share Image
We ceased to deal seriously with mobile combat. We relegated to oblivion the fundamentals of combat-in-depth tactics and of combined arms maneuvers… — Sergey Biryuzov Copy Share Image
“There is an old joke in Finland, a country proud of its collective introspective character and shyness. “How do you know when… — Stuart Rojstaczer Copy Share Image
![“Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly want to speak Finnish, [but] I am not able") (found in a German travel journal c.1450)” quote by Christine Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/50e/christine-wulff-228094_finnish_m-nna-tachton-gernast-spuho-somen-gelen_12051.jpg)
