I don't believe in democracy by bayonet.

Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We can’t give in to extortion.

I am not aspiring to be a senior bureaucrat. It would limit my freedom.

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

It seems to be in fashion among Russian politicians to blame Berezovsky for everything. Soon they'll be holding him responsible for global warming, earthquakes and tsunamis.

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.

I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it.

Owning a newspaper does not confer immunity.

Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation.

Politkovskaya was a known critic of the administration. For this reason, one cannot rule out the possibility that someone would want to blame the government for the murder.

How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can’t.

Elizabeth was not playing for the sake of exhibiting her virtuosity: she played for joy.

A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

Vermeer's skill was in combining few colors, mixing little and using layers of lakes and varnishes to build up the illusion of life

But in a time of war, knowledge made interesting friendships. Soon, the scholars and the thieves were . . . well, thick as thieves.

We want to demystify the rocket science and break it down for people so they can understand what is really going on and what the real opportunities are.

Even the scholars in various lands have been acting as if their brains had been amputated.

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

English culture is highly literary-based.

How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!