Grim Quote by Yakov Smirnoff Download Open image “Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.” — Yakov Smirnoff ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grim See Smile Them Think Thinking Want
They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if… — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
“The astute journalist had commented that Russians enjoy themselves without smiling, always taking their pleasure sadly.” — Elise Blackwell Copy Share Image
I wanted to show something that Americans don't usually think about when they think about Russia, which is the extreme stratification of Soviet society. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
The Communists claim that they liberated the Russian people. Yet, when the Great Patriotic War began, these same Russians greeted their foreign invaders with… — Viktor Suvorov Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I just don't see this old idea of the Red peril, itching to take over the world. I think you can explain a lot… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
“Russia’s biggest downside, for me at least, is its lack of color. Being in Russia is like breathing different oxygen, and I can feel a gray shade pulling down over me the moment I board a plane to fly there. No one is animated. No one smiles, or laughs. Ask most Russians what they like most about visiting other countries… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share
Every video from Russia is depressing, it's like they have their cameras set to sad. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
A Russian Reversal quote on Uncyclopedia's Soviet Union article? How original. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job! — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Audiences are hungry for something different. With binge-watching, they're hungry for interesting content they haven't seen before, and they want to be entertained. A… — Miles Millar Copy Share Image
Memory, with its fugitive adjustments, is the merciful veil to the grim enactments of the first law. It hides the anguish in the human… — Stacy Aumonier Copy Share Image
Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“It is almost laughable to ponder upon where it all started and nearly grim and shameful when we realise as humans that we are… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
First Moloch, horrid king, besmirched in blood, Of Human sacrifice, and parent's tears, Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their childrens'… — John Milton Copy Share Image
All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Humans are a great survivor species but our survival will be pretty grim if all of the plants and animals we depend on die… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
We have ignored this cancer for so long that the romance of environmental concern is already fading in the shadow of the grim realities… — Edmund Muskie Copy Share Image
I'm not good at living in the grim places...when we did Gatsby, I lived in Claridges, that's where I wanted to live. I can't… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image