There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

Never forget to appreciate yourself and to reveal your own inner beauty.

It’s easy to write a sentence, paragraph, or book. What’s difficult is writing the best sentence, paragraph, or book, you can write.

What a blessing it is for parents to believe in their children.

First rule of a pirate’s mate, keep yer eye on yer destination, not yer doom.

To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices.

I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.

The quickest way to release heaven on earth is to worship. Worship is the main activity of heaven and the destiny of all created things.

To me, giving back is so important. It makes others feel good which then in return makes me feel good.

I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.

Personal space refers to an area with invisible boundaries surrounding a person's body into which intruders may not come.