Russians Quotations

While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event.

There is no such thing as Russian fascism. You won't find a single Russian who considers Russians to be a superior race and who advocate expulsion of aliens.

We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space.

Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived up to an agreement. The Pakistanis tried in '08, the Russians tried it when they were there. George Bush tried it in '05. It has never worked.

I'm not sure the Russians would be happy that their iconic wooly mammoth has North American origins.

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.

From 1945 to 1991, China was engaged in a series of wars that nearly broke them. This generation has been through hell: the Great Leap Forward, hunger, starvation, near collision with the Russians - the Cultural Revolution gone mad. I have no doubt that this generation wants a peaceful rise.

The Chinese were good to us. The war years for us Russians in China were very good years.

I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response.

Germany, because of the fact and the perception of a special relationship with Russia, is the only one who can influence Russian debate. Russians also believe that Germans understand them best because they've been through a big war and know what humiliation means.

Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.

What Americans can't face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War was the fact that Nixon and Kissinger went on bombing despite public reaction.

For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante.

For whatever reason, whenever I'm having a get-together, I'll turn on my projector and play YouTube videos of 'Russian driving fails.' Russians all have dashboard cameras in their cars, so there are all these videos of crazy wrecks and people almost getting hit in the street. It's a conversation starter, for sure.

I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.

During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam fell to the Communists, the Russians moved into Afghanistan, and American influence around the globe waned dramatically.

Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.

Polls show the attitude of Russians toward Ukraine has deteriorated lately. So, people might easily believe that Ukrainians want to do them harm.

I grew up in space times. In seventh grade, my teacher said we had to do math and science because the Russians were beating us in the space race. It was a real catalyst. I wish we had something like that today.

Obviously what we want to see, what the Russians want to see, I think what the EU-3 want to see, what the IAEA want to see, is Iranian cooperation. To the extent that they do that, it's a good thing. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's just hard to say. We'll have to see.

No one would have predicted in the 1980's that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

No one would have predicted in the 1980s that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

NATO will continue to be critical about what the Russians are doing in Chechnya, not just on the basis of principle, but because we disagree with disproportionate violence and the civilian casualties who are being affected, ... We think that they are simply storing up more problems for the future.

I got no support from USA Wrestling. I was competing against professional Russians that do nothing but wrestle for a living, and I was forced to take a job working for this lowlife loser, John du Pont, who I didn't want in my life. I just wanted the money.

sit down with the Russians in a way that's rational, and professional, and we don't intend to violate the treaty.

Most of these people, they're from 25 years (ago), from the first invasion of Russians and some are coming (after) the September 11 disaster,

I believe they have the technology, as do the Russians and the Americans. As for who actually did it, that's a hard call.

But for the Europeans, it is also important to maintain their good ties with the Russians and the Chinese. The cooperation or the lack of obstruction you see from Russia and China at the moment is from the fact that the Europeans gained credibility in the past by going down the negotiations path.

What we want to see, what the Russians want to see, what the EU-3 wants to see and what the IAEA wants to see is an Iranian cooperation. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's hard to say. We will have to see.

We are finding the Russians are not moving on this issue despite the commitment.

If the international community is going to make progress on this issue, I think it's essential we all come together, and work with the Russians who are playing a very constructive role, and I'm in touch with them,

If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business.

History tells me that when the Russians come to a country they don't go back.

He is able for more than 20 years -- without the Russians ever learning his identity -- to be a spy, to be a solid FBI analyst, to be a patriotic American, to commit treason, to be a church-going man and to have blood on his hands.

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

I think they just ran out of steam. I think they have the same quality of skating that the Russians do, and that it's totally comparable, but they just made some mistakes.

I think the Russians have the best team.

I think I'm as good as the Russians and the Cubans but I've got my feet on the ground. Now that I've got a medal it is a huge thing for somebody my age. The pressure is off now and I'll be relaxed, calm and cool headed for the next fight.

I think Russians basically feel this is a game they are good at and they should be allowed to play, To be frank, I think Washington is just going to have to get used to that.

It doesn't hurt, ... The money they provide is very important to the Russians in keeping their capability for human spaceflight active.

It doesn't hurt. The money they provide is very important to the Russians in keeping their capability for human spaceflight active.

We are in constant contact with the Russians in order to settle this issue and ensure these weapons do not reach terror organizations located in Lebanon,

We have to work together with our allies around the world -- especially the Japanese, the South Koreans, the Russians and the Chinese -- to demonstrate that North Korea's actions are inappropriate, ... We don't want the Korean Peninsula to have any nuclear weapons on it.

Undersecretary Burns, I think, made clear to the Russians our broad concerns over Iranian behavior and this sale in particular.

We have a team arriving in Moscow at the end of next week that will have to look at the situation. Given what we know now about the changes in the exchange rate, the difficulties in the banking system and possible problems with the budget, it's clear the Russians will have to do quite a lot before that money can be released,

We had an agent in Cuba and he said that Cubans were being moved out of an area and Russians were being moved in,

We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents.

We have made clear there would not be a separate Russian sector, and we are working on ways of integrating the Russians into the whole process,

The point we're making is, this is a report we take seriously and we are asking the Russians to look into it.

We would like to beat Italy and emulate the Russians but whether we can we'll see on the pitch.

What we, the Russians and the EU-3 wants to see and what the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) wants to see is an Iranian cooperation. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's hard to say. We will have to see.

We don't want to get the Russians involved, but unless the U.S. government cooperates, we may have to.

To the extent that hearing it directly and forcefully from the Russians can serve that purpose, then that's all well and good.

It would not have changed the way we played. We would not have changed our game plan if the Russians scored one goal.

The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before you land, stop talking so you don't bite your tongue off.

The Russians and the Chinese will use their veto to make sure that there is an alphabet soup of organizations running Kosovo.

The Russians are amongst our top-spending and most important customers. It's important to make them feel welcome.

The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.

The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!

The Russians aren't waiting for standards. They have decided to move forward. We have declined to participate (in the drilling). We don't feel it's ready.

The Russians are real fighters. They are a united team and are so proud to represent their country.

The Russians are willing to discuss it further, so you have to be optimistic.

The Russians have an excellent system of higher education. They maintain very high standards. The system is highly structured and competitive.

The Russians have risen fast and they play with lots of confidence.

The Russians have said they plan to stay out of this conflict and we take that commitment seriously.

The Russians have the most skilled team, but if Canada comes out with the same passion and intensity that they had against us, they will be fine.

The Russians held the line at the beginning. But as they get deeper in with the Chinese, they are finding the Chinese pressing for the good stuff.

The Russians play a similar type of game,

The Russians recently extended the seat. I just fit in,

The Russians understand the importance of maintaining a broad-based relationship with the United States. They are going to continue working with us on a wide variety of issues.

The Russians want to be an indispensable player in the Balkans. But they know they can only do that if they use their power wisely. They know that calling on Milosevic to cancel the second round is pointless, so they are holding fire until they can be more productive.

The Russians . . . want to do what we all want to do, which is they want to pursue a diplomatic path and see if the Iranians will come along.

The Russians want to stay in very good graces, because there's a big pay day for them.

The Russians were the ogres then, you know. Mysterious.

The old joke around here is we'll play the Russians on roller blades at the mall for a chance to keep playing at this time of year.

Russians are not a very friendly people. It's hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It's just not in their culture.

Russians have always seen themselves as second to some other power. The Chinese don't see themselves as second to anybody. They may understand that they're not as economically developed as we are, but they regard their proper role as being at the center of the universe.

Russians in the past had placed severe limitations on inspections at these storage sites, so this is a significant breakthrough,

Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.

As long as the EU and the U.S. are serious about Iran, the Russians will be serious too.

Amelie and Mary did not fail but the Russians were just too strong. They knocked us out in the final round.

This has been coming for years, and now we're facing the crisis. I don't like it, but it's a choice of being dependent on the Russians or dependent on the space shuttle, and it's becoming more and more apparent that it's riskier to depend on the space shuttle.

Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a way to get some political-economic advantages from a temporary weakness of your partner, the Russians will use it.

President Yeltsin has said that the Russians do not plan to get involved in this conflict, and since that is a very reasonable tack for the Russians to take, we take him at his word on that.

We think the Russians have an important role to play.

They were interested, but they have never really demonstrated that they were interested in the Russian proposal as the Russians had actually put it forward.

This is obviously a very short mission compared to what the Americans and particularly the Russians are used to, but they need to build up their own experience in this area,

In 1979, when I was toddler, the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and my whole family fled to Vienna, Virginia. Far from home, my parents were determined to raise my two sisters and me according to Afghan traditions.

If our interests - our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians - have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia, for example, I do not see any other way but to respond in accordance with international law.

If Saddam Hussein put up 1,000 missiles at our country, who would you go to for help? The Russians or the U.S.? Don't do it again.

I hope the EU3 don't compromise. The draft resolution is excellent. We should force the Russians to vote,

taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on that Saturn, we might have been on the way. But then the Russians might have got to the moon first.

The big issue for the Russians will be how much the Iranians demand technical access to the processes.

The next step is not clear. If the United States pushes for stronger actions against Iran, these targeted political and economic sanctions, and the Russians and the Chinese resist, then it is quite possible that the Security Council will be deadlocked. They will not be able to take any action. At the same time, that kind of scenario might lead some in the United States to argue that the Bush administration should take actions on its own. So we are moving in a very delicate phase here.

Considering that Americans are now moving away from whiskey, moving away from brown spirits in general, I believe that they will all join Russians who drink vodka straight. They will sip it like cognac.

The international community has made quite clear they want to see the North Korean missile program curbed. The Russians share that desire and we'll be talking to them about how to do it, as well as talking to the allies.

The international community has now started to worry about these issues in a more robust way. Last summer the G8 meeting at Gleneagles put climate change on the agenda as a major international problem that has to be solved. This summer, the Russians are going to be leading the thinking about energy security as part of their initiative under the G8.

I now understand how the East Germans and Russians felt. Granted, we're the super power so we have to take the punch. Do I think we're the bad guys? Absolutely not.

I have to disagree with the Russian coach. We would not have changed our game plan if the Russians had scored one goal.