Russian Quotes

489 Russian quotes by 377 unique authors

RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic. — Ambrose Bierce
The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does… — George Jean Nathan
The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War. As the Russian military deteriorates, and as… — Alan Cranston
What finally scuppered Napoleon's Europe was of course the fatal combination of the English Channel and the Russian winter; the same unlikely partnership that also… — Andrew Roberts
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications… — Clifford Irving
The Russian revolution was to an unprecedented degree the cause of the proletariat of the whole world becoming more revolutionary. — Karl Liebknecht
The Russian people are suffering from economic fatigue and from disillusionment with the Allies! The world thinks the Russian Revolution is at an end. Do… — Unknown Author
I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many… — David Remnick
Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian. — Jonas Jonasson
It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was… — Akira Kurosawa
In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I… — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. — Manfred von Richthofen
In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable. — Manfred von Richthofen
It is impossible for any single medium to fully capture the emotion and intensity of war. The Battlefield 3: The Russian novel is one window… — Unknown Author
We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planetâ€™s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble? — David Suzuki
We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks,… — Rich Lowry
It is easier for a Russian to become an Atheist, than for any other nationality in the world. And not only does a Russian 'become… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who had… — Igor Stravinsky
This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our… — Joseph Stalin

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