--- title: "20 St Petersburg Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 20 St Petersburg quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best St Petersburg sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/hulk-7818_family_i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-i_2068323.jpg" --- > [I feel fine in St Petersburg, my family is fine and my son is fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hulk/i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-is-fine-and-my-son-is-fine/) [Hulk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hulk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/hulk-7818_family_i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-i_2068323.jpg) > [I love St Petersburg, Zenit and the fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hulk/i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans/) [Hulk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hulk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/hulk-7818_fans_i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans_1649885.jpg) > [I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-villas-boas/i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the-people-i-ve-met-in-st/) [Andre Villas-Boas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-villas-boas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/andre-villas-boas-5244_been_i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the_461381.png) > [St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valentina-matviyenko/st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture-and-russia-s-most-european/) [Valentina Matviyenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valentina-matviyenko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/valentina-matviyenko-62474_city_st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture_1547404.jpg) > [I went to St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg is awesome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-went-to-st-petersburg-st-petersburg-is-awesome/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/edward-snowden-555_moscow_i-went-to-st-petersburg-st-petersburg-is_2326278.jpg) > [Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/paris-for-lunch-dinner-in-st-petersburg/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/wilhelm-ii-27754_dinner_paris-for-lunch-dinner-in-st-petersburg_31582.png) > [People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyorgy-ligeti/people-often-thought-leopold-auer-was-russian-because-he-lived-in-st/) [Gyorgy Ligeti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyorgy-ligeti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/gyorgy-ligeti-18009_fifty_people-often-thought-leopold-auer-was-ru_207030.png) > [The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-wechsberg/the-duality-of-st-petersburg-and-leningrad-remains-they-are-not-even/) [Joseph Wechsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-wechsberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/joseph-wechsberg-70236_duality_the-duality-of-st-petersburg-and-leningr_1918519.jpg) > [“... in St. Petersburg, the most abstract and intentional city on the entire globe. (Cities and be intentional or unintentional.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/in-st-petersburg-the-most-abstract-and-intentional-city-on-the-entire/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_moscow_in-st-petersburg-the-most-abstract-and-i_2793160.png) > [For me, St. Petersburg is the city that I can never escape because it has this special energy, even a dark energy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-netrebko/for-me-st-petersburg-is-the-city-that-i-can-never-escape-because-it/) [Anna Netrebko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-netrebko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/anna-netrebko-19197_back_for-me-st-petersburg-is-the-city-that-i_3012929.png) > [“In a city by the sea that was certainly never called anything so bourgeois as St. Petersburg, there stood a long, thin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/in-a-city-by-the-sea-that-was-certainly-never-called-anything-so/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/catherynne-m-valente-375_st-petersburg_in-a-city-by-the-sea-that-was-certainly_1916669.png) > [I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. It was magnificent - the architecture is incredible and has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hadley/i-studied-russian-history-at-school-and-i-absolutely-loved-st/) [Tony Hadley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hadley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/tony-hadley-9952_architecture_i-studied-russian-history-at-school-and_1171832.jpg) > [I was told Moscow was the tough place and St Petersburg was the hip, happening, cultural centre of Russia. I've never seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-beckett/i-was-told-moscow-was-the-tough-place-and-st-petersburg-was-the-hip/) [Rob Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/rob-beckett-26886_god_i-was-told-moscow-was-the-tough-place-an_2831742.jpg) > [St. Petersburg, under the czars, had been a grand city. It was a planned city, and it had - there were all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/st-petersburg-under-the-czars-had-been-a-grand-city-it-was-a-planned/) [Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/masha-gessen-2322_apartment_st-petersburg-under-the-czars-had-been-a_1709310.png) > [If you Google St Petersburg, it shows you some amazing buildings. When you go there, you realise that there are a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-beckett/if-you-google-st-petersburg-it-shows-you-some-amazing-buildings-when/) [Rob Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/rob-beckett-26886_amazing_if-you-google-st-petersburg-it-shows-you_333339.jpg) > [St. Petersburg is a wonderful city. You have wonderful parks, birds singing in the trees, manatees in the water, pelicans. So it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjarke-ingels/st-petersburg-is-a-wonderful-city-you-have-wonderful-parks-birds/) [Bjarke Ingels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjarke-ingels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/bjarke-ingels-15759_birds_st-petersburg-is-a-wonderful-city-you-ha_1968933.jpg) > [Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-wechsberg/old-st-petersburg-remains-a-beautiful-stage-set-but-to-the-russians/) [Joseph Wechsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-wechsberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/joseph-wechsberg-70236_beautiful_old-st-petersburg-remains-a-beautiful-st_1870179.jpg) > [“St. Petersburg glowed gray in the east, its waterfront lights barely penetrating the snow and the darkness. To the west was nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-greaney/st-petersburg-glowed-gray-in-the-east-its-waterfront-lights-barely/) [Mark Greaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-greaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/mark-greaney-19352_moon_st-petersburg-glowed-gray-in-the-east-it_2563448.jpg) > [“In a city by the sea which was once called St. Petersburg, then Petrograd, then Leningrad, then, much later, St. Petersburg again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-a-city-by-the-sea-which-was-once-called-st-petersburg-then/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/anonymous-1_blue-dress_in-a-city-by-the-sea-which-was-once-call_970772.jpg) > [I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-capone/i-am-going-to-st-petersburg-florida-tomorrow-let-the-worthy-citizens/) [Al Capone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-capone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/al-capone-12480_benefactors_i-am-going-to-st-petersburg-florida-tomo_1219596.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/st-petersburg/#itemlist", "name": "St Petersburg Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel fine in St Petersburg, my family is fine and my son is fine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hulk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hulk/i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-is-fine-and-my-son-is-fine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/hulk-7818_family_i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-i_2068323.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/hulk-7818_family_i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-i_2068323.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/hulk-7818_family_i-feel-fine-in-st-petersburg-my-family-i_2068323.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel fine in St Petersburg, my family is fine and my son is fine.” — Hulk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love St Petersburg, Zenit and the fans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hulk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hulk/i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/hulk-7818_fans_i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans_1649885.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/hulk-7818_fans_i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans_1649885.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/hulk-7818_fans_i-love-st-petersburg-zenit-and-the-fans_1649885.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love St Petersburg, Zenit and the fans.” — Hulk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andre Villas-Boas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-villas-boas/i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the-people-i-ve-met-in-st/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/andre-villas-boas-5244_been_i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the_461381.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/andre-villas-boas-5244_been_i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the_461381.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/andre-villas-boas-5244_been_i-ve-been-very-well-received-by-all-the_461381.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.” — Andre Villas-Boas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Valentina Matviyenko" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valentina-matviyenko/st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture-and-russia-s-most-european/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/valentina-matviyenko-62474_city_st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture_1547404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/valentina-matviyenko-62474_city_st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture_1547404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/valentina-matviyenko-62474_city_st-petersburg-is-a-gem-of-world-culture_1547404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.” — Valentina Matviyenko", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I went to St. Petersburg - 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Valente", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. 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