Small: Power without a nations confidence is nothing
Catherine the Great
"Power without a nation's confidence is nothing"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read
Catherine the Great
"In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30
Catherine the Great
"Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: I am one of the people who love the why of things
Catherine the Great
"I am one of the people who love the why of things"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matt
Catherine the Great
"For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: Your wit makes others witty
Catherine the Great
"Your wit makes others witty"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions
Catherine the Great
"In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off
Catherine the Great
"If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: I shall be an autocrat, thats my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, thats his
Catherine the Great
"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will
Catherine the Great
"I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!
Catherine the Great
"All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache
Catherine the Great
"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
Small: What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a d
"What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you
"If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting
"All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf
"If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen
"If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace
"The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man
"Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemea
"He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again
"When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: In a fight you dont stop to choose your cudgels
"In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time
"I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied
"Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything
"Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying
"What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists
"When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small
"The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the c
"Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: We say the name of God, but that is only habit
"We say the name of God, but that is only habit"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Revolutions are not made for export
"Revolutions are not made for export"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like
"If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: He was a crystal of morality among our scientists
"He was a crystal of morality among our scientists"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you
"But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: I once said, We will bury you, and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Y
"I once said, "We will bury you," and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder
"Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
Small: The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for startin
Igor Stravinsky
"The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Small: Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn
Igor Stravinsky
"Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer