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

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.

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.

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

Lawyers are lubricants are complicated social intercourse.

Poetry is an attempt to penetrate the dense reality to find a place where the simplest things look as new as through the eyes of a child.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct.

I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film.

It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have.

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

People seem to really enjoy laughing at me.

By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows!

Life is much simpler if you don’t notice anything.