FixQuotes Logo White

Quotes by Russian authors

See the complete list of authors from Russia
Small: Its a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from.
"It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a re
"I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: When youre playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write som
"When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: Its not like I have all the answers
"It's not like I have all the answers"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record,
"The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body
"It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I knew all this Beatles music. I knew the songs phonetically. It was like my whole experience of that music wa
"I knew all this Beatles music. I knew the songs phonetically. It was like my whole experience of that music was out of focus, and somebody put the perfect glasses on me, and all of a sudden I could see everything"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? Its such a gift
"I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I go through insanity before a show. Its not really a process but its like absolute mortal fear
"I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: Ive been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far w
"I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust?"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more Ive seen forests and nature and oceans, and I dont kn
"I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I figured, If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, Ill only do it if I got to do it how I want.
"I figured, 'If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, I'll only do it if I got to do it how I want.' So my contract is structured in such a way that I'm really protected"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the d
"You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: Id always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that Im really influenced by and tha
"I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at the
"I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, thats so beau
"I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Like
Small: Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when
"Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Any idiot can face a crisis - its day to day living that wears you out
"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: When an actor has money he doesnt send letters, he sends telegrams
"When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: To advise is not to compel
"To advise is not to compel"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know eve
"No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people pl
"No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric
"Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry
"If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my s
"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it
"Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it beco
"All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: A good upbringing means not that you wont spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you wont notice it when some
"A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob y
"Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible
"You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: When a woman isnt beautiful, people always say, You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.
"When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer
"A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: A fiance is neither this nor that: hes left one shore, but not yet reached the other
"A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well
"We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Reason and justice tell me theres more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetar
"Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: People dont notice whether its winter or summer when theyre happy
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about
"People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake
"One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the othe
"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Small: The more refined one is, the more unhappy
"The more refined one is, the more unhappy"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Like
Previous page
Page 11 of 33
Next page
FixQuotes Square Blue Logo
  • 2024 FixQuotes.com
  • All rights reserved
Links
Follow us