Quotes by Russian Authors - Page 2

The times spat at me. I spit back at the times.
Andrei Voznesensky
If we should promise people nothing better than only revolution they would scratch their heads and say 'Isn't it better to have good goulash?'
Nikita Khrushchev
If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.
Russian proverb
Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.
Simeon Strunsky
I am used to praying when I am alone thank God. But when I come together with other people when I need more than ever to pray I still cannot get used to it.
Leo Tolstoy
Some pray to marry the man they love my prayer will somewhat vary I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry.
Rose Pastor Stokes
Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.
Russian proverb
Every time you pray if your prayer is sincere there will be new feeling and new meaning in it which will give you fresh courage and you will understand that prayer is an education.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I praise loudly I blame softly.
Catherine II
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Leon Trotsky
The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.
Russian proverb
Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing.
Catherine the Great
Happiness does not depend on outward things but on the way we see them.
Leo Tolstoy
Man is what he believes.
Anton Chekhov
You do not know you cannot know the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night every ounce of your energy. There is no rest no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word.
Nikita Khrushchev
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Nikita Khrushchev
Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
Nikolai Gogol
To tend unfailingly unflinchingly towards a goal is the secret of success.
Anna Pavlova
Who doesn't desire his father's death?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Envy is an insult to oneself.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Time is the product of changing realities beings existences.
Nicholas Berdyaev
Every day is a messenger of God.
Russian proverb
You can kill time or kill yourself it comes to the same thing in the end.
Elsa Triolet
Music is given to us specifically to make order of things to move from an anarchic individualistic state to a regulated perfectly concious one which alone insures vitality and durability.
Igor Stravinsky
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents.
Vladimir Nabokov
A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it.
Mikhail Glinka
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo Tolstoy
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. But when it comes it moves irresistibly.
Vladimir Lenin
The times spat at me. I spit back at the times.
Andrei Voznesensky
If we should promise people nothing better than only revolution they would scratch their heads and say 'Isn't it better to have good goulash?'
Nikita Khrushchev
If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.
Russian proverb
Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.
Simeon Strunsky
I am used to praying when I am alone thank God. But when I come together with other people when I need more than ever to pray I still cannot get used to it.
Leo Tolstoy
Some pray to marry the man they love my prayer will somewhat vary I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry.
Rose Pastor Stokes
Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.
Russian proverb
Every time you pray if your prayer is sincere there will be new feeling and new meaning in it which will give you fresh courage and you will understand that prayer is an education.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I praise loudly I blame softly.
Catherine II
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Leon Trotsky
The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.
Russian proverb
Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing.
Catherine the Great
Happiness does not depend on outward things but on the way we see them.
Leo Tolstoy
Man is what he believes.
Anton Chekhov
You do not know you cannot know the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night every ounce of your energy. There is no rest no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word.
Nikita Khrushchev
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Nikita Khrushchev
Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty.
Nikolai Gogol
To tend unfailingly unflinchingly towards a goal is the secret of success.
Anna Pavlova
Who doesn't desire his father's death?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Envy is an insult to oneself.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Time is the product of changing realities beings existences.
Nicholas Berdyaev
Every day is a messenger of God.
Russian proverb
You can kill time or kill yourself it comes to the same thing in the end.
Elsa Triolet
Music is given to us specifically to make order of things to move from an anarchic individualistic state to a regulated perfectly concious one which alone insures vitality and durability.
Igor Stravinsky
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents.
Vladimir Nabokov
A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it.
Mikhail Glinka