Quotes of Russian - somelinesforyou

“ The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. ”

- Robin Williams

“ History tells me that when the Russians come to a country they don't go back. ”

- Mohammed Daoud

“ Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia. ”

- David Duke

“ Think of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize. ”

- Ramman Kenoun

“ The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical. ”

- Richard Owen

“ The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence… sort of like the Post Office with tanks. ”

- Emo Philips

“ My sacred duty is to bring together the Russian people, unite the people around clear tasks. We have one Fatherland, one people and a common future. ”

- Vladimir Putin

“ In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable. ”

- Baron Manfred von Richthofen

“ It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. ”

- Baron Manfred von Richthofen

“ Russia was a tremendous experience for me. I've become fluent in Russian and it really broadened my horizons. ”

- James S. Voss

“ In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian. ”

- Yevgeny Yevtushenko

“ Well, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary! ”

- Bob Dylan

“ The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood. ”

- Alexander Haig

“ I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. ”

- Sir Winston Churchill

“ Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. ”

- Clement R. Attlee

“ The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. ”

- James Thurber

“ Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. ”

- Alice May Brock

“ I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interests. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ And the line up for the final of the Women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman. ”

- David Coleman

“ Christmas morning in Russia a cruel snow-laden wind blowing straight out of the pages of Russian history and literature whipped across roofs and through the frozen streets of Moscow. ”

- Clifton Daniel

“ We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space. ”

- Lincoln Davis

“ Foreigners in Moscow claim that, according to a Soviet statistic, there are only three brassieres for every five Russian women. In view of current Western women's fashion trends, they may be abreast of the times. ”

- B. Michael Frolic

“ North Korea is the biggest threat right now. Kim Jong Il is a wild card. North Korean society has collapsed on itself: There aren't many dogs or cats, there are no lights on at night. When someone like that is so isolated and has the bomb, we're in danger… ”

- David Hunt

“ A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications in the form of minor witnesses, the protagonist finally appears and contradictions arise to produce drama, and finally as both jury and spectators grow weary and confused the pace quickens, reaching its climax in passionate, final argument. ”

- Clifford Irving

“ Don't you want to know what's real and what's not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it's almost like, what's real and what's not? ”

- Queen Latifah

“ 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

“ Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or Paris to the French. The decisions are made in the Kremlin. The city of Peter remains a museum, open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. ”

- Joseph Wechsberg

“ There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans…Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. ”

- Alexis De Tocqueville

“ A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally both in mind and body as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An Englishman is self-assured as being a citizen of the best-organized state in the world and therefore, as an Englishman, always knows what he should do and knows that all he does as an Englishman is undoubtedly correct… ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ Oh Doris Lessing, my dear — your Anna is wrong about orgasms. They are no proof of love — any more than that other Anna's fall under the wheels of that Russian train was a proof of love. It's all female shenanigans, cultural mishegoss, conditioning, brainwashing and male mythologizing… ”

- Erica Jong
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