Russian language Quotes

15 quotes from 15 authors

Russian language weaves history, poetry, and everyday speech, and these fifteen voices illustrate its magnetic pull across fields from spaceflight to politics. If you’re interested in Slavic tongues, check out pages on Russian literature, cultural history, and language learning for deeper insight.

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I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian…

Chrystia Freeland

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I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.

Ronald Reagan

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I started my career in Naval Intelligence when I entered as a Russian language interpreter sent to DLI, the Defense Language Institute.

Malcolm Nance

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My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.

George Gamow

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I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and…

David Remnick

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Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency…

Julian Barnes

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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

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After [Donald] Trump and his campaign manager both initially denied having anything to do with the platform change, a Trump campaign official…

Rachel Maddow

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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great,…

Ivan Turgenev

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I've travelled to some of the places where Russian language and Russian culture were made part of the fabric of life long…

Keith Gessen

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“Books were her refuge. Having set herself to learn the Russian language, she read every Russian book she could find. But French…

Robert K. Massie

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The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had…

Leroy Chiao

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“Katya talked about how the Russian language is being destroyed by poor education and by the sloppiness of nonnative speakers who ignore…

Ian Frazier

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We must create the conditions for immigrants to normally integrate into our society, learn Russian and, of course, respect our culture and…

Vladimir Putin

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“Your letter has drawn me from the solitude in which I had shut myself up for nearly nine months, and from which…

Catherine the Great

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