We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.

A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.

Today they say that we are free, only to be chained in poverty.

A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

Mary means enlightener, because She brought forth the Light of the world. In the Syriac tongue, Mary signifies Lady.

The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.

Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise.

Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20.

Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization.

A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.