Quotes by Estonian Authors

"I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Power, Eyes

4

"Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

World,

3

"Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Time, Day, Waste

3

"That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

World,

2

"Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Security,

2

"Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning."

Arvo Part, Estonian Composer

Life, Music, Work, Answers

2

"The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all."

Arvo Part, Estonian Composer

Voice,

2

"If geography is prose, maps are iconography."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Knowledge, Geography, Prose

2

"Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God."

Arvo Part, Estonian Composer

God, Silence

2

"I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that."

Carmen Kass, Estonian Model

Girls, Now, Right

2

"Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Nature, Science, Cities, Will

2

"History is more interesting than politics."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

History, Politics

2

"I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Politics, Compliments

2

"Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Time, Measure

2

"In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Time, Ability, Fishermen, Past

2

"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."

Arvo Part, Estonian Composer

Music, Light, Spirit

1

"Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect."

Lennart Meri, Estonian Statesman

Intellectual, Intellect, Passion, Traveling