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

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.

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.

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

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Living is not the sole purpose of life—loving is.

Had I ever truly been free? Though I wasn’t shipped off to different countries did that make me any less of a prisoner?

Do good work and share it with people.

have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.

Kissing is much easier than smoking.

To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great he is.

Sometimes the Nonman would climb upon some wild pulpit, the mossed remains of a fallen tree, the humped back of a boulder, and paint wonders with his dark voice. Wonders and horrors both.

You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.

Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.