Cathedrals Quote by Dagmar Godowsky

What were you going to do tonight?" "I was going to listen to the songs of Rachmaninoff." "Who's that?" "A dead Russian.

— Charles Bukowski

“you could live in the other wonderful world the Russian writers were giving you. At first there were the Russians; then there were all…

— Ernest Hemingway

“I suddenly realised that the devout Russian people no longer needed priests to pray them into heaven. On earth they were building a kingdom…

— John Reed

“He read the classics, the French and the German among others, but primarily the Russian, which enchanted him with their heavy patience.”

— Tove Jansson

Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia.

— Vladimir Putin

An enormously vast field lies between "God exists" and "there is no God." The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty. A Russian…

— Anton Chekhov

“He studied the people of Moscow at the theaters, in the clubs, in the streets, looking for the types he needed. A great many…

— Leo Tolstoy

I think often people know about Rasputin in Russian history - but know only a little bit. He's an interesting man, who in general…

— Sergei Polunin

“How many inhabitants are there in Moscow? How many houses? Is it true that Moscow is called 'Holy Moscow'? How many churches are there…

— Lev Tolstoi

“Nikolai's a badass Russian. Badass Russians only have three emotions: revenge, depression, and vodka.”

— Larry Correia

So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the Russian people…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

“The one thing I learned is that the Russians are some of the most cunning people on earth. They never do anything without a…

— David Baldacci