Russians aren't good at haggling, they aren't passionate about business. But they are outstanding fighters.

In a crisis, we will destroy exactly the weapons. Russia will never again fight on its own territory .

It scares me when the Europeans demand more and more democracy. It sounds like times past, when people here demanded more and more socialism.

I am of the opinion that we shouldn't turn away from Europe. We have to find ways to revitalize our relations.

The German chancellor said that our president lives in a different world. I believe he lives in a very real world.

For the next decades, Europe will not be a model that is attractive to Russia.

In Putin's world, and in mine, it is inconceivable that women be harassed and raped in public.

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

Russian politics was focused for too long on fixing past mistakes - fixing the mistakes made in the 1990s.

The reason why one man is great and another man is living in mediocrity is simply because one understood the value of time while the other did not.

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.

I like lots of things. But there are three things I like most. Love, love and love.

I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.

Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.

Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.

I loved doing Harry Potter. I had a great time on that. And I think it's good to have a mix. I think you're learning all the time.

It's five o'clock in the morning. You've just pissed on a dumpster. It's Miller time.

I'm not a great lover of Madonna's voice. She's done very well with what she's got, and I'm sure my voice turns her right off, but she's not my favourite singer.