JJ Vladimir Quotes

We are ready to deal with any President [of U.S], but of course, and I mentioned that, it depends on the readiness of the future Administration.

Kiev's attempts to exert economic pressure on Donbas (region of east Ukraine) and disrupt its daily life only aggravates the situation. This is a dead-end track, fraught with a big catastrophe.

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.

We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].

The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.

As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.

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.

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power.

A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do.

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped.

A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.

Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil.

I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations.

There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals.

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.

The nostalgia I have been cherishing all these years is a hypertrophied sense of lost childhood, not sorrow for lost banknotes.

Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.

Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted.

I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don't want to risk anything.

I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.

What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.

You can enjoy encouragement coming from outside, but you cannot need for it to come from outside.

The only real number is one, the rest are mere repetition

His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.

The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.

You know, what's so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own.

A good laugh is the best pesticide.

A thousand years ago five minutes were Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and Infinite aftertime: above your head They close like giant wings, and you are dead.

All the information I have about myself is from forged documents.

Dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss Poems that take a thousand years to die But ape the immortality of this Red label on a little butterfly .

I don't read reviews about myself with any special eagerness or attention unless they are masterpieces of wit and acumen, and I never reread them.

Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool.

Look at this tangle of thorns.

do what only a true artist can do ... pounce upon the forgotten butterfly of revelation

The tiny madman in his padded cell.

A message came on the wireless for me. It said: ''. So the time had come, I thought, Eighth Army was taking the offensive. The date was, I think, May18th,1942.

There is no uniform, global model for democracy.

I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made. There was nothing behind it really.

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

Somebody is always suspecting Russia of having some ambitions, there are always those who are trying to misinterpret us or keep something back.

In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely sets us apart, and I'm certain it's in a good way.

I have worked like a galley slave throughout these eight years, morning till night, and I have given all I could to this work. I am happy with the results.

If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be...

I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure that everybody understands this.

Admire? No, I have never said that. I still appreciate Angela Merkel as a very professional and open person.