The Government will not abandon the free conversion of the rouble

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

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

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.

We all try to be are greatest, but what if are greatest hasn’t affected others with greatness…

I believe in unlimited possibilities.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.

Artists make worlds for people to walk through.

Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?

Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt; that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.