Small: Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something t
"Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal experience t
"Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal experience to giant, far-away-from-space experience"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I dont care so much t
"I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: Ive done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destr
"I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destroy everything, because you think it all sucks and you can do it better"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: Im like, Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldnt.
"I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldn't. Or are you the person that left The Beatles after 'She Loves You,' or 'Drive My Car?' You weren't on board for 'Revolution 9' or 'Day In The Life,' were you?'"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice
"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Small: How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out
"How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Small: Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something
"Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Small: My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well
"My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well"
Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity
Small: But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw
"But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up"
Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity
Small: Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to t
"Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction"
Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity
Small: Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways
"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways"
Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity
Small: Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions
"Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions"
Isaiah Berlin, Philosopher
Small: He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his libe
Mikhail Bakunin
"He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity"
Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary
Small: Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this that he does good not be
Mikhail Bakunin
"Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it"
Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary
Small: By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no
Mikhail Bakunin
"By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward"
Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary
Small: I have never been a chef I used to be a restaurateur and quite successful. I cant cook myself. They should hav
"I have never been a chef; I used to be a restaurateur and quite successful. I can't cook myself. They should have just come up with 'Putin's butcher' instead"
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Businessman
Small: Shoigu, Gerasimov, where the **** is our ammunition?
"Shoigu, Gerasimov, where the **** is our ammunition?"
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Businessman
Small: An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures
"An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures"
Wassily Kandinsky, Artist
Small: I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country
Garry Kasparov
"I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country"
Garry Kasparov, Celebrity
Small: What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope t
Anatoli Boukreev
"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains"
Anatoli Boukreev, Athlete
Small: Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much
Alexander Herzen
"Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others"
Alexander Herzen, Journalist
Small: All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have al
Alexander Herzen
"All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will"
Alexander Herzen, Journalist
Small: The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul
"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul"
Wassily Kandinsky, Artist
Small: Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters
Garry Kasparov
"Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters"
Garry Kasparov, Celebrity
Small: The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards
"The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards"
H. P. Blavatsky, Philosopher
Small: The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in ti
"The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology"
H. P. Blavatsky, Philosopher
Small: Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and w
"Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!"
Alexander Alekhine, Celebrity
Small: Chess is not only knowledge and logic
"Chess is not only knowledge and logic"
Alexander Alekhine, Celebrity
Small: Do I consider myself sexy? It all depends on the way Im feeling. When Im happy inside, thats when I feel most
Anna Kournikova
"Do I consider myself sexy? It all depends on the way I'm feeling. When I'm happy inside, that's when I feel most sexy"
Anna Kournikova, Athlete
Small: I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. Ive been working with them for a year
Anatoli Boukreev
"I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year"
Anatoli Boukreev, Athlete
Small: I think its really important for me not to forget where I came from
Anna Kournikova
"I think it's really important for me not to forget where I came from"
Anna Kournikova, Athlete
Small: Art does not need us, and it never did
El Lissitzky
"Art does not need us, and it never did"
El Lissitzky, Artist
Small: Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics
"Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics"
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet
Small: Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession
"Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession"
Roman Jakobson, Scientist
Small: I dont study I create
"I don't study; I create"
Viktor Korchnoi, Celebrity
Small: Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot t
Olga Korbut
"Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing"
Olga Korbut, Athlete
Small: You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place
Vladimir Putin
"You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place"
Vladimir Putin, President
Small: If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest
"If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest"
G. I. Gurdjieff, Educator
Small: I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when
Boris Yeltsin
"I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms"
Boris Yeltsin, President