Russian Quotes

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
George F. Kennan

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.
Sidney Sheldon

Woman, Become, Another

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it?
H. G. Wells

America, Working, Else

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.
Richard M. Nixon

Someone, Leader, Glad

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
Karl Lagerfeld

Time, Crisis, Wealth

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
Mel Brooks

Character, Made, Story

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.
Maria Sharapova

America, Inside, Definitely

I have a Russian heart.
Maria Sharapova

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.
Maria Sharapova

Love, Home, Nice

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'
Maria Sharapova

Moving, Living, Everyone

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.
Joseph Conrad

Forget, Soul, Divine

I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
Yakov Smirnoff

Women, Dream, American

I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.
Emma Watson

Places, Quirky, Dolls

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life, Uneasy, Aspects

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Friends, Lives, Everyday

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Friends, Big, Percent

I read Russian literature a lot.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Read, Literature

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.
Francis Ford Coppola

Science, Care, Job

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
Leon Trotsky

Reality, Become, Patriotic

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Education, Last, Less

First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Spiritual, Political, Side

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?
Robert Duvall

Woman, Country, Find

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.
Edward Teller

Real, Regrets, Speaking

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.
Jeff Goldblum

Original, Alaska, Apparently

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.
Elia Kazan

Time, Understand, Between

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
Fareed Zakaria

Great, History, Society

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.
Ryan Reynolds

Love, Passion, Guess

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
Ivan Turgenev

Great, Alone, Powerful

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
Kate Adie

School, Live, Progress

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
Karl Liebknecht

Failure, Whole, Defeat

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

Russian Definition

Robert Frost

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us