The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was never involved in arms trading. In the Russian Federation, arms trading is the prerogative of the state. — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
“I followed the words of the famous Russian proverb: Doveryai, no proveryai (or, in English, 'Trust, but verify').” — Randi Minetor 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
“LUBOV. I'm quite sure there wasn't anything at all funny. You oughtn't to go and see plays, you ought to go and… — Anton Chekhov 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
There's definitely a culture of Russian literature in Turkey. And in the U.S. too, to an extent - especially Dostoevsky. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
The language is the hardest thing. My technical Russian is much better than my conversational Russian, and it has to be good… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
I tend to latch on to things pretty obsessively for awhile. I listened to Russian pop music exclusively for almost five years.… — Katya Zamolodchikova 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
It's the only time my education has come in remotely handy. -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing"… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
“Her recoil confirmed the disgust Grant felt inside. Who was he kidding, trying to put Vladimir and Andrei behind bars? He was… — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
Rose: "If you'd teach me to swear in Russian, I might have a new appreciation for it."Dimitri: "You swear too much already."Rose:… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Here I am: a Russian-speaking Jew living in Canada, and you, an Indian ex-patriot living in San Francisco. All of a sudden… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
I suppose people hadn't really thought each decade should have its own character and be different from the others till the 1920s,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong… — Gilbert Melendez Copy Share Image
In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
“The Americans with Russian girlfriends--"pillow dictionaries," they called them, aware that these lanky, mysterious women were far better-looking than anyone they'd touched… — Elliott Holt Copy Share Image
I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom,… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I belong to the Russian language. As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is… — Joseph Brodsky 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
I served as a Russian policy officer in the U.S. Navy and worked to implement our nuclear agreements with the Russian Federation. — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
“In the old man's face there was nothing very special - save that the chin was so greatly projected that whenever he… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually embarrassed to tell people… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
Trump himself has seemingly courted the favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the 2016 presidential campaign. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish.… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
