480 Quotes About Russia

Interest in academic system-building is dead; however, greater are the efforts by which every educated person seeks to draw the guiding strand of his abstract thought through all the labyrinths of social life, through all the marvels of new scientific and scholarly discoveries, and through the infinite variety of their possible consequences.

The mysterious Russian soul... Everyone wants to understand it. They read Dostoevsky: what's behind that soul of theirs? Well, behind our soul there's just more soul.

War is hot, not cold.

In the legal respect, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries, the other half of Moscow burned down.

Russia had always been an anomaly. Here they were, in the center of the city that had burned down around Napoleon’s army, having “traditional” Russian cuisine that had been invented by the French.

Kostia: When I'm mowing, I don't ask myself why I'm here.Theodore: You're here to be Master, Konstantin Dmitrievich.As it's always been, by the grace of God

В 2006 году на съемке телепрограммы подросток задал Шойгу, тогда еще главе МЧС, вопрос: «Представьте, что мы все в самолете и он падает. Что бы вы скомандовали делать?» Шойгу, не задумываясь, ответил: «Ничего. Он ведь все равно падает».

Poi c'era la vicina Gioia,un'italiana un po' matta che si era aggregata alla casa, trovandosi un posto così strano per imparare il russo. Era sempre offesa con qualcuno, ma siccome nessuno faceva caso ai suoi complicati risentimenti, le toccava essere magnanima e perdonare tutti.

C’ in Russian is pronounced like your ‘S’, so first letter in CIA stands for ‘sneaky.