Quotes by Russian Authors

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Design, Communism

2

"Man is born to live and not to prepare to live."

Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

Man,

2

"It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole."

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Scientist

Nature, Science, Causes, Existence

2

"Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Crime, States, Weakness

1

"People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

People, Church, Forget, Misery

1

"I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business."

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian Athlete

Business, Now, Will

1

"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Politics, Party

1

"I love that I have a job that I love."

Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete

Love, Job

1

"When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?"

Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

Politics, Play, Tennis, Theatre, Ugly

1

"The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil."

Nikolai Gogol, Russian Writer

Agriculture, May

1

"If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them."

H. P. Blavatsky, Russian Philosopher

Events, Past, Shadows

1

"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Statesman

Philosophy, Traditions

1

"Thanks to our present surgical methods in physiology we can demonstrate at any time almost all phenomena of digestion without the loss of even a single drop of blood, without a single scream from the animal undergoing the experiment."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

Time, Blood, Loss, Present

1

"Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country."

Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader

Power, Communism, Country

1

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Truth, Growth, Gold

1

"Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?"

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Statesman

Will,

1

"To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other."

Helena Petrova Blavatsky, Russian Author

Time, Action, Enthusiasm, Depression

1

"For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing."

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

Money, Nothing, Reason

1

"The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Nature, Laws, Liberty, Man

1

"The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy."

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Statesman

People, Democracy, Want

1

"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

Soul, Courage, Disaster

1

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

Blame, Praise

1

"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know."

Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist

Meaning, Philosophy

1

"Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky."

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian Astronaut

Love, Time, Dream, Childhood

1

"From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Man, Men, Idiots

1

"I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

Cause, Will

1

"Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match."

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

Now, Years

"The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

Man, Men, People, Ideas, First

"There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them."

Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist

Earth,

"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Reason,

"When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near."

Samuel Hoffenstein, Russian Writer

Love, Lonely

"When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything."

Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist

Care,

"There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Man, Mind

"Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

Time, Flies

"If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!"

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Statesman

Dogs,

"If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing."

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

Economy, Experts, Nothing, Will

"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Government, Men, Power, Crime

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Light, Moon

"It wasn't poverty that drove me on."

Aleksandr I. Kuprin, Russian Writer

Poverty,

"Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Dream, Greatness, Earth, Heaven

"My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments."

Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian Celebrity

Father, Dad, Life, Army, Career

"My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses."

Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer

Insects, Kisses, Sun

"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns."

Mary Antin, Russian Activist

Family, Father, People

"The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Art, Science

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Travel, People, Countries, Memory

"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Government, Country, Writers

"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

Sacrifice, Chess

Quotes by Russian Authors

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

2

"Man is born to live and not to prepare to live."

2

"It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole."

2

"Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness."

1

"People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy."

1

"I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business."

1

"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

1

"I love that I have a job that I love."

1

"When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?"

1

"The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil."

1

"If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them."

1

"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."

1

"Thanks to our present surgical methods in physiology we can demonstrate at any time almost all phenomena of digestion without the loss of even a single drop of blood, without a single scream from the animal undergoing the experiment."

1

"Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country."

1

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

1

"Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?"

1

"To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other."

1

"For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing."

1

"The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual."

1

"The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy."

1

"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster."

1

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."

1

"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know."

1

"Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky."

1

"From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots."

1

"I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level."

1

"Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match."

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"The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds."

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"You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none."

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"The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two."

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"Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is."

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"There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them."

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"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."

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"When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near."

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"When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything."

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"There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind."

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"Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly."

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"If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!"

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"If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing."

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"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."