Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

I wish not to tell you how I feel, I choose silence so that you leave, Kiss me goodbye and set me free...

Hope and wishes for all that delights will sour in the midst of action not taken and words unsaid.

The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

I've lost tremendous amounts of money in various markets and I think that that's something that makes you better at my job, not worse.

The member of a contractual society is free because he serves others only in serving himself. What restrains him is only the inevitable natural phenomenon of scarcity.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

She felt herself needing more and more sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she thought of when she might lie down again - and when she would sleep. She started going to the movies.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind