Finnish Quotes

Finnish Quote of the day

Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all.

I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I'm going to look into opening a chain of strip clubs, and I'll call them Lapland!!!

Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your ears.

Swedes, we are not - Russians, we do not want to become ... so let us be Finnish.

(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his own.)

A conversation in English in Finnish and in French can not be held at the same time nor with indifference ever or after a time.

Very potent influence on myself has been Finnish.

It's also interesting to notice that most of the best Finnish speculative writers are women.

Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (technical warrant officer trainee specialised in aircraft jet engines)

If you can't do it, just laugh about it instead of blushing or being embarrassed.

For her a day of pampering meant comic books, black liquorice, serious exercise, veggie curry and, above all, solitude.