The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear.

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.

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

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.

Of the many forms that silence takes, the most memorable is the dry husk of the cicada.

Berg paid his way with stories.

I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead.

On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It’s in this sense that we must be holy.

Those who take refuge behind theological barbed wire fences, quite often wish they could have more freedom of thought, but fear the change to the great ocean of truth as they would a cold bath.

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.

Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you dont need to do anything to Shakespeare.

Appreciate what you have while you have it and the beauty in what’s there right now and try to preserve it for tomorrow.

I love to show off my ability in a nice way.