We must follow the rule: Better fewer, but better. We must follow the rule: Better get good human material in two or even three years than work in haste without hope of getting any at all.

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

The goal of socialism is communism.

When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.

You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

The future cannot be determined. I can only be experienced as it is occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

What I wasn't used to was being in front of the camera.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you get offered the same roles.

Fairy tales are more than true.

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

A lot of times, Im singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.

There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing.