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Small: I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of sati
"I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was"
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor
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Small: Democracy must learn to defend itself
Mikhail Gorbachev
"Democracy must learn to defend itself"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of hi
El Lissitzky
"The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of his technological superiority creates his own energy source"
El Lissitzky, Artist
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Small: Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess
"Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess"
Viktor Korchnoi, Celebrity
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Small: The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy
Mikhail Gorbachev
"The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face
Mikhail Gorbachev
"Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which
Mikhail Gorbachev
"It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal
Mikhail Gorbachev
"I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. Away with you, I say. But Comrade Appe
"One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot"
Leonid I. Brezhnev, Statesman
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Small: In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onward
"In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public"
Andrei Sakharov, Physicist
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Small: The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or
"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost"
Viktor Korchnoi, Celebrity
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Small: Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which
"Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
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Small: At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features
"At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
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Small: Life is composed of different inventions
"Life is composed of different inventions"
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor
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Small: Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relati
Mikhail Gorbachev
"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent
"Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent"
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet
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Small: Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
"Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?"
Vernon Duke, Composer
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Small: The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was ver
"The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die"
Mary Antin, Activist
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Small: As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps,
"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns"
Mary Antin, Activist
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Small: I made it to protect the motherland
"I made it to protect the motherland"
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor
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Small: I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education
"I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education"
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor
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Small: If people dont like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum
Mikhail Gorbachev
"If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting of
Mikhail Gorbachev
"Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out"
Mikhail Gorbachev, Statesman
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Small: God will not forgive us if we fail
"God will not forgive us if we fail"
Leonid I. Brezhnev, Statesman
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Small: Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he
"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave"
G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator
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Small: It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He
"It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour"
G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator
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Small: Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF
"Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF"
Anatoly Karpov, Celebrity
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Small: The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e.,
"The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
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Small: In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an ac
"In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
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Small: For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright an
"For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
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Small: The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family
"The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family"
Mary Antin, Activist
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Small: On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fine
"On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles"
Mary Antin, Activist
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Small: No, the czar did not want us in the schools
"No, the czar did not want us in the schools"
Mary Antin, Activist
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Small: The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the er
"The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though unquestionably materialist in its main features, is not free from some serious errors"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
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Small: Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea
"Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
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Small: Religion is doing a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is
"Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he "lives" his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy"
G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator
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Small: A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering
"A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering"
G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator
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Small: In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology
"In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
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Small: Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the
"Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
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Small: A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his
"A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
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