Russian Quotes

489 Russian quotes by 377 unique authors

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. — Anna Akhmatova
I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community, — Johnny Weir
Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight. From Kiev to… — Unknown Author
As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more… — Frans de Waal
The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a climate suicide pact. It is playing Russian roulette with six bullets in your gun. — Joseph J. Romm
This is like playing Russian roulette with a Luger rather than a revolver. One bullet, one chamber - and we're pulling the trigger. — Mark Lynas
The East German manages to combine a Teutonic capacity for bureauracy with a Russian capacity for infinite delay — Unknown Author
My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom… — Daniel Nathans
For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same… — Bertrand Russell
Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player. — Vladislav Tretiak
As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omlette without breaking… — Margaret Thatcher
If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian. — Sergei Dovlatov
I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling… — Oksana Baiul
About 1911 I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of fabric like those… — Sonia Delaunay
Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower. — John Kenneth Galbraith
First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make… — Otto Hahn
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing — Gerry Mulligan
I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific what… — James Ellroy
Poison Pill is a great reading. The novel ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of… — Scott Turow
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between… — Ryszard Kapuscinski

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377 authors contributed a total of 489 Russian Quotes, led by these top contributors: