Russia Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Russia

Russia Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Russia quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

Why does the world dislike Russia? I do not think that we are unloved or considered to be ignorant. — Vladimir Putin

Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia. — Alexei Navalny

Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur. — Maelle Gavet

The worst thing that can happen to Russia is indifference in the West - that is, if it were interested in nothing but oil and gas. — Vladimir Sorokin

Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now. — Carly Patterson

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia. — John McCain

The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn't got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it. — Bob Hope

Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed. — Milos Zeman

Prosperity and democracy does seem to be a good way to wean a population off massive alcohol abuse. — Oliver Bullough

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them. — Vladimir Putin

Russia has got to be the team to beat, in my opinion. When they are playing together as a team, they are tough to beat. — Jaromir Jagr

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen. — Vladimir Putin

Russia is very big and very varied. People are different in different regions. — Sergey Galitsky

We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles. — Rand Paul

It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia. — Sarah Palin

Politicians differ in their views whether Russia or Islamic State is a bigger menace, and I personally think that Islamic State is the bigger threat. — Milos Zeman

In Russia there are no native words for efficiency, challenge, engagement ring, have fun, or take care — Bill Bryson

Tsars were autocrats, often tyrannical, who held total control over everything and everyone in Russia, — Roy A. Adkins

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. — Garry Kasparov

We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards. — Philip Sington

It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia. — Alisher Usmanov

In the mid-1990s, when Russia was undergoing a construction boom, I entered the real estate development market. — Yelena Baturina

Every video from Russia is depressing, it's like they have their cameras set to sad. — Daniel Tosh

All the real things in Russia are done in the villages. — Ernest Poole

I love Russia because Russia gave me you. — John M. Simmons

I do not rule Russia. 10,000 clerks do. — Nicholas II Of Russia

My family is from Russia and Poland. We never had that thing with the German Jews. — Rhea Perlman

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce. — Oscar Wilde

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. — James Lovelock

Today Russia announced that it will join America's fight with the terror group ISIS. Then Putin said, But I did not say which side. — Jimmy Fallon

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia. — Robert Frost

I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing. — Sarah Miller

Russia is the only country of the world you can be homesick for while you're still in it. — John Updike

There was no child oncology in Uzbekistan and in Russia you don't have a chance because there are already so many on the waiting lists. — Oxana Chusovitina

In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. — Rebecca MacKinnon

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen

I looked and looked but I didn't see God.
[Speaking about, in 1961, becoming the first human to enter space.] — Yuri Gagarin

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. — William Kirby

This is a country that can't even make toasters," he said. "And while they can make missiles, they can't feed their population. — David E. Hoffman

They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something. — Freddie Mercury

Connection was the thing, whether through bed, bottle, grand inquisitorial session. — Anthony Burgess

In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites. — Isaac Mayer Wise

Lord, save Russia and bring her peace. — Nicholas II Of Russia

That was the era when we might have destroyed Russia completely and not even skinned our elbows doing it. — Curtis LeMay

I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia. — Victor Pinchuk

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. — Vladimir Putin

I would like to inform you with great satisfaction of a new step forward on establishing partnership between Russia and Japan — Vladimir Putin

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence. — Donald Rumsfeld

I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. — Vanessa Mae

Everybody is jumping up and down back in Russia. Probably lots of vodka, too. — Alexander Ovechkin

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations. — Matt Stone

She decided that day to study Russian, the language of violence, terror, and absurdity. She knew she would never be bored. — Natalie Standiford

Russia demanded Armenian territories, very cleverly using long-standing, bitter fights between Armenians and Turks. — Ernst Kaltenbrunner

You cannot, it seems, let children run about the streets. People who have seen them running wild in Russia say that the sight is not a pleasant one. — Virginia Woolf

Fascism is the punishment inflicted on the proletariat for not having continued the revolution begun in Russia. — Clara Zetkin

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Putin has big plans for Russia ... Hats off to the Russians. I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin. — Pope Francis

Beijing's preferred method of control, in Russia as in Africa, has been legal contracts on terms advantageous to itself. — Timothy Snyder

Russia alone is to be the savior of Europe. — Leo Tolstoy

In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland. — Yakov Smirnoff

The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me. — Vladimir Putin

At this moment what is demanded by the prevailing orthodoxy is an uncritical admiration of Soviet Russia. Everyone — George Orwell

If Russia, if Russia had the same military power that America did, earth would be called Russia. — Greg Gutfeld

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze. — Mark Twain

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke. — W. Averell Harriman

Assertions that Russia has undermined efforts to strengthen partnerships on the European continent do not correspond to the facts. — Sergei Lavrov

In seventy years, Russia's Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists. — Roger Lowenstein

If Russia rises, it means that the USA falls down. — Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be. — Scott Carpenter

In Russia, we have a long tradition of compassion for people who have been put into labor camps or prison. — Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Among the other enthusiastic dumpers were Russia, China, Japan and nearly all the nations of Europe. — Bill Bryson

As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children — Masha Gessen

Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain. — Tony Benn

After Russia (winning bronze at Rostelecom Cup), I'm one of the top Canadian ladies. Tomorrow, I just have to do a good long program. — Alaine Chartrand

Russia is certainly no longer a free country. We are moving in the direction of Zimbabwe. — Andrey Illarionov

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin. — Mitt Romney

Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them. — Jonathan Lynn

And I can see Russia from my house. — Tina Fey

Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia. — Condoleezza Rice

In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state. — George Mikes

We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back. — Bob Hope

In America, you can always find a party.
In Soviet Russia, Party always find you! — Yakov Smirnoff

Most of the food imported to Russia came from China. — Alex Chiu

Only in Russia poetry is respected
it gets people killed. — Osip Mandelstam

I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well. — Maelle Gavet

China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy. — Michael Anti

At least Russia and China didn't call us names when we smiled sweetly at America. — Sukarno

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community, — Johnny Weir

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change. — Natalia Vodianova

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation. — Mikhail Gorbachev

We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat. — Bernard Malamud

Like first love, the heart of Russia will not forget you. — Fyodor Tyutchev

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia. — Anders Fogh Rasmussen

It is absolutely unacceptable to talk to Russia - or anyone for that matter - in the language of ultimatums and coercive measures. — Sergei Lavrov

The Last Judgement is the Last Judgement, but a human being who spent his life in Russia, has to be, without any hesitation, placed into Paradise. — Joseph Brodsky

In Russia you learn patience," said Ivan. "In America you learn action. — Orson Scott Card

Communism is Judaism. The Jewish Revolution in Russia was in 1918. — Henry Hamilton Beamish

In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry. — Anton Chekhov

Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia. — Oleg Deripaska