I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia.

It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Gas consumption is growing everywhere.

I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing.

Perhaps life is like an hour glass, with dear ones the sand that slips from the upper glass--the earth--into the second--eternity.

you will never know how valuable a thing or a person is...until its not with you anymore, then you'll regret...its not my fault.its urs..

There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished.

How the world can change, It can change like that, Due to one little word: "Married.

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.

I could never endorse any candidate because not one of them is saying that which would save America from the Wrath of Allah (God).

I take New Years with a grain of salt and three aspirins.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

Most people I work with are older than me and the main thing I've learnt is that everyone is a dumb as an 18-year-old.