God grants an easy death only to the just.

Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new, the newest events, the latest sensation. Everyone wants to be the first to know. It's the rhythm of life today.

The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters.

When you have once gained sight, it is impossible to feign blindness.

As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.

I like old people, just as I like old trees: in their shadow there is freshness and peace, one admires them, and around them everything is so calm.

It became clear to the whole world that a totalitarian regime could neither accuse nor transform itself: suicide was not in its nature, it could only kill others.

History is a stern judge.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

Go to meet destiny halfway and destiny will come to your assistance.

all large cities are alike at night.

Hear more than people say.Give more than people ask.Do more than people expect.Achieve more than people imagine.

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

In television, I don't feel constraints. I feel a lot freedom to maneuver.

Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden.

Part of my journey is sort of learning the ways that I'm unconsciously blocked and trying to open them up. I'm a complete "work in progress" in that area.

Just because it’s a unique perspective doesn’t mean it can’t offer something universal.

I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.

Another advantage of avoiding sodas is that you will avoid the caffeine that is in many of them. Caffeine is a weak diuretic that causes calcium loss via the kidneys.

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.

They say kids today don't know the value of a dollar. They certainly do know the value of a dollar. That's why they ask for five.