--- title: "9 Ivan The Terrible Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Ivan The Terrible quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Ivan The Terrible sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_biography_i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-th_2236532.png" --- > [I'd like to write a biography of Ivan the Terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-the-terrible/) [Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_biography_i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-th_2236532.png) > [Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-sorokin/nothing-has-changed-in-russia-since-ivan-the-terrible-when-it-comes/) [Vladimir Sorokin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-sorokin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/vladimir-sorokin-23899_changed_nothing-has-changed-in-russia-since-ivan_2184580.jpg) > [“About Russia: Ironically, in the country where common people’s dislike and fear of their state takes place, we can hear much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-pevsner/about-russia-ironically-in-the-country-where-common-people-s-dislike/) [Leo Pevsner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-pevsner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/leo-pevsner-62501_common-people_about-russia-ironically-in-the-country-w_1180280.jpg) > [If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and-loved-between-zero-and-three/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/mel-brooks-2308_faces_if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and_308833.png) > [“The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/the-next-time-someone-pesters-you-with-unneeded-advice-gently-remind/) [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_advice_the-next-time-someone-pesters-you-with-u_226168.jpg) > [There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the Terrible that Russia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalism-that-they-are-a-unique/) [Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_culture_there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalis_118466.png) > [I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rich/i-ve-always-liked-to-read-about-extremely-wealthy-people-especially/) [Simon Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/simon-rich-25140_book_i-ve-always-liked-to-read-about-extremel_2381316.jpg) > [“So even that doesn’t make you happy? What about your Seventh Symphony? At least it rallied people. Once you told me how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/so-even-that-doesn-t-make-you-happy-what-about-your-seventh-symphony/) [William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/william-t-vollmann-2100_happiness_so-even-that-doesn-t-make-you-happy-what_1807587.jpg) > [“Tate was sprawled across the bed in his robe early the next morning when the sound of the front door opening penetrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-palmer/tate-was-sprawled-across-the-bed-in-his-robe-early-the-next-morning/) [Diana Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/diana-palmer-4730_black-eyes_tate-was-sprawled-across-the-bed-in-his_2582214.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ivan-the-terrible/#itemlist", "name": "Ivan The Terrible Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd like to write a biography of Ivan the Terrible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Simon Sebag Montefiore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-the-terrible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_biography_i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-th_2236532.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_biography_i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-th_2236532.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_biography_i-d-like-to-write-a-biography-of-ivan-th_2236532.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to write a biography of Ivan the Terrible.” — Simon Sebag Montefiore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. 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If you're Jewish, you have a small smile on your face. 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Putin is pushing that now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Simon Sebag Montefiore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalism-that-they-are-a-unique/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_culture_there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalis_118466.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_culture_there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalis_118466.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_culture_there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalis_118466.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the…” — Simon Sebag Montefiore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) 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What about your Seventh Symphony? At least it rallied people. Once you told me how alive you felt then; you said you gave it your all— Didn’t you learn in school, he demanded in a hateful voice, that Ivan the Terrible, having coaxed his architect into, so to speak, putting the very best of himself into building Polrovsky Cathedral, afterwards put out his eyes? Anyway, things are so much easier in our century. LIFE HAS BECOME MORE JOYFUL!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William T. 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He scowled. “How did you get here?” he asked. “Your boss brought me!” she raged. “He and that turncoat Colby Lane and two bodyguards, one of whom was the female counterpart of Ivan the Terrible! They forcibly dressed me and packed me and flew me up here on Mr. Hutton’s Learjet! When I refused to get out of the car, the male bodyguard swept me up and carried me here! I am going to kill people as soon as I get my breath and my wits back, and I am starting with you!” He leaned against the wall, still bleary-eyed and only half awake. She was beautiful with her body gently swollen and her lips pouting and her green eye sin their big-lensed frames glittering at him. She registered after a minute that he wasn’t himself. “What’s the matter with you?” she asked abruptly. He didn’t answer. He put a hand to his head. “You’re drunk!” she exclaimed in shock. “I have been,” he replied in a subdued tone. “For about a week, I think. Pierce and Colby got my landlord to let them in yesterday.” She smiled dimly. “I’d made some threats about what I’d do if he ever let anybody else into my apartment, after he let Audrey in the last time. I guess he believed them, because Colby had to flash his company ID to get in.” He chuckled weakly. “Nothing intimidates the masses like a CIA badge, even if it isn’t current.” “You’ve been drunk?” She moved a little closer into the apartment. “But, Tate, you don’t…you don’t drink,” she said. “I do now. The mother of my child won’t marry me,” he said simply. “I said you could have access…” His black eyes slid over her body like caressing hands. He’d missed her unbearably. Just the sight of her was calming now. “So you did.” Why did the feel guilty, for God’s sake, she wondered. She tried to recapture her former outrage. “I’ve been kidnapped!” “Apparently. Don’t look at me. Until today, I was too stoned to lift my head.” He looked around. “I guess they threw out the beer cans and the pizza boxes,” he murmured. “Pity. I think there was a slice of pizza left.” He sighed. “I’m hungry. 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