Russian Quotes

489 Russian quotes by 377 unique authors

When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression. — Unknown Author
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic, such… — Richard Elman
Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine by a Russian… — Jonathan Dimbleby
Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders. — Alexei Mordashov
In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without some discussion with government. As a good corporate… — Alexei Mordashov
I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a… — David K. E. Bruce
No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. — Mitch Kapor
In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics. — Edwin Moses
So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights… — Harold Brodkey
In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should ask… — Edward Grey
Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever… — Klaus Fuchs
At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each… — Klaus Fuchs
At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other… — Klaus Fuchs
We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have… — Aly Khan
For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants… — Herman Gorter
I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian… — Mathias Rust
Modern Armenia survived only because it was the single province controlled, and protected, by the Russian Empire. The rest of the territory within its historical… — John Shimkus
Our part of Poland was under Russian occupation from 1939-1941. — Roald Hoffmann
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg
In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity.… — Stewart Brand
Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant… — David Remnick
The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president. — Valentina Matviyenko
I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish. — Nigel Lythgoe
I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the submarines… — Henning Mankell
My government is in no sense anti-Russian. — Donald Tusk

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