For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.

It's better not to argue with women.

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly absolute because even he knows not his self completely.

I know you're there. I can detect your presence each time it closes in on mine.

We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we've made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.

If I am a great man, then all great men are frauds.

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.

Each day try and go through the day with an attitude of being a servant to the world. You'll benefit the most - and the way will be joyous.

Beyonce was just always full-out. She's like a beast. So you learn that no matter how you feel, just do it. Just like Nike: 'Just Do It.'

Can I come in? No! I'm in a towel! I'm blind!

By the end of Fashion Week my apartment is covered with makeup and clothes and shoes. Everything you can think of.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.