Adapt Quote by Ian Frazier

People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.

— Ian Frazier

Sometimes I do readings and people can’t stop laughing, but I’m reading about pretty tragic things. I think Soviet humor is a desperate humor,…

— Alina Bronsky

Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.

— Yakov Smirnoff

We tend to associate humor with lightheartedness, but really, it's a rhetorical mode than can be applied to any subject. It was through researching…

— Anthony Marra

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

— Samuel West

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

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

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in…

— Henry A. Kissinger

In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely…

— Vladimir Putin

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming.…

— Rudyard Kipling

“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 love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

— Miranda Otto