All Quotes

Russia under President Putin is less democratic and less free today than when he assumed office. If Russia cannot fulfill its obligation to the G-8 and maintain a high standard of democratic governance then its membership should be suspended.
‐‐ Vito Fossella

Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen.
‐‐ Dasha Zhukova

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.
‐‐ Vladimir Putin

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball.
‐‐ Henry L. Stimson

Russia would not support anything which would be actually imposed on Syrians.
‐‐ Sergei Lavrov

Russia would prefer to rebuild trust rather than allow it to further corrode. That's why, in July 2007, President Putin, in the spirit of strategic openness, proposed a truly collective effort at missile defense for Europe.
‐‐ Sergei Lavrov

'Russian Ark,' I adore - I almost cried at the end of that film, it's so beautiful.
‐‐ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation.
‐‐ Sergei Lavrov

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
‐‐ Clement Attlee

Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.
‐‐ Vladimir Putin

Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.
‐‐ Ian Frazier

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.
‐‐ David Remnick

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
‐‐ Garry Kasparov

Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.
‐‐ Paul Watson

Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it's minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos.
‐‐ Dasha Zhukova

Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara.
‐‐ Evgeny Morozov

Russians are not a very friendly people. It's hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It's just not in their culture.
‐‐ Maelle Gavet

Russians are very discerning about ballet. They're very opinionated about what classical ballet is.
‐‐ David Hallberg

Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.
‐‐ Chris Hadfield

Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew.
‐‐ Anton Rubinstein

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.
‐‐ Anwar Sadat

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
‐‐ Ivan Krastev

Russians don't complain, usually.
‐‐ Ian Frazier

Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.
‐‐ Marc Almond

Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with Mubarak,' which is a very live example in the minds of many.
‐‐ Ehud Barak

Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
‐‐ P. J. O'Rourke

Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.
‐‐ Roustam Tariko

'Rust' really started with the passing of my dad, and me really looking back inward to my self about where I stand with all things on a faith/religious/spiritual level. And it's really put me on this interesting road and very educational, I might add, road back to understanding the role of faith in God and Christ in my life.
‐‐ Corbin Bernsen

Rutger Hauer is a very famous Dutch actor who did quite a lot internationally. Another Dutch actress who is working a lot is called Famke Janssen. There's a few more.
‐‐ Michiel Huisman

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
‐‐ Donna Leon

Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.
‐‐ Venus Williams

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
‐‐ George Steinbrenner

Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.
‐‐ Maria Semple

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
‐‐ Brennan Manning

Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.
‐‐ Immaculee Ilibagiza

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.
‐‐ Stephen Kinzer

Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.
‐‐ Robert Zoellick

Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.
‐‐ Mo Ibrahim

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.
‐‐ Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.
‐‐ Compay Segundo

Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.
‐‐ Reese Witherspoon

Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond.
‐‐ Tatum O'Neal

Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all.
‐‐ Gary Neville

Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
‐‐ Olivia Culpo

Ryan Hansen is my favorite person on the planet. He is my discovery. I'm so proud of him.
‐‐ Rob Thomas

Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.
‐‐ Tatum O'Neal

Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political.
‐‐ Junior Seau

Ryan Murphy, he basically tries to find something that's a pulse, a pressure point in our culture, and he grabs it, and he squeezes it. I think 'Freak Show' has a lot to do with the entertainment industry and the way we entertain ourselves: the objectification of people and the lengths we'll go for our own amusement.
‐‐ Finn Wittrock

RZA is one of the most unique individuals and rap artists that I have worked with.
‐‐ El DeBarge