(192 quotes found)
“I know something about Mr. Khrushchev. ...Mr. Khrushchev himself, it is said, told the story about the Russian who began to run through the Kremlin shouting, 'Khrushchev is a fool, Khrushchev is a fool.' He was sentanced, he said, to twenty-three years in prison: three for insulting the party secretary, and twenty for revealing a state secret.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.”
Yakov Smirnoff
“If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off”
Catherine the Great
“The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.”
Alexander Haig
“The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical.”
Richard Owen
“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
Clement Attlee
“The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.”
David Sarnoff
“Christmas morning in Russia a cruel snow-laden wind blowing straight out of the pages of Russian history and literature whipped across roofs and through the frozen streets of Moscow.”
Clifton Daniel
“Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.”
Milla Jovovich
“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.”
Amir Khan