Legal reform in Russia is a must. And I keep track of it daily.

Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.

If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We don't need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food.

When you borrow money, you should always think how you're going to pay it back.

Unsolvable problems do not exist. Any crisis is a combination of specific tasks to be worked on. The government has the experience and reserves to overcome the economic downturn

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everythings OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

The devaluation of words and promises regarding free enterprise is, in principle, worse than the devaluation of the rouble

We must learn to succeed in conditions of low fuel and energy prices

I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; its a very specific task.

[Global-warming debate] some kind of tricky campaign made up by some commercial structures to promote their business projects.

Demand for grain in the world today is a more stable trend than demand for energy. Russia is a major grain exporter and can consolidate its positions

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.

Beautiful old people are works of art.

The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams

Behind the aesthetic form lies the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason

I have no methods. All I do is accept people as they are.

Getting outdoors is always fun. In the summertime, I like to go waterskiing and swimming; during the winter, I'll sometimes go jogging or hiking.

...they watched the humans disappear. They watched them dissolve, like moving tablets in the humid air.

America is a construction of mind, not of race or inherited class or ancestral territory.

To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel.