Quote by Doris Lessing

“A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity.”

— Mark Twain

“We Russians cannot say anything in our own language ... At least we haven't yet.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“That's how it always is," Koznyshev interrupted him. "We Russians are always like that. Perhaps it's one of our good national characteristics. I mean…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I wish I were a Russian. It's so exciting.”

— J.P. Donleavy

“You don’t like me, do you?” she asked suddenly and pathetically, just like a small child. Sergei did not look at her but merely…

— William Axtell

“Why do all these Russian men have to be so devastatingly, frustratingly handsome?”

— Sherry D. Ficklin

“one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.” The president smiled. “Well, they’ve had enough time to play this game.…

— Tom Clancy

The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like…

— Carine Roitfeld

“When I imagined somebody whispering dirty things in my ear, he had a Russian accent.”

— Richelle Mead

“There was bread enough for us in the army, on the front line. We were fed by the Russian people. And no one had…

— Vasily Grossman

Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary people, are…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev

“Don't worry. We do not have to talk about. We are Russian. We do not talk about feelings all the time and no one…

— Andrea Portes