Quotes tagged ‘Soviet Union’

“Her calculations were responsible for safely rocketing men into space and securing the American lead in the space race against the Soviet Union.”

— Scottie Andrew, CNN, cnn.com

“I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this w…”

— Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard, Commisar Danilov, Joseph Fiennes, imdb.com

“Legasov: No one in the room that night knew the shutdown button (AZ-5) could act as a detonator. They didn't know it, because it was kept from them. Kadnikov: Comrade Legasov, you're contradicting your own testimony in Vienna. Legasov: My testimony in Vienna was a lie. I lied to the world. I'm not t…”

— Craig Mazin, Valery Legasov, Jared Harris, imdb.com

“Of course I know they're listening! I want them to hear! I want them to hear it all! [from outside, where Legasov and General Tarakanov can hear] Do you know what we're doing here?! Tell those geniuses what they have done! I don't give a fuck! Tell them! Go tell them! Ryzhkov! Go tell them he's a jo…”

— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, imdb.com

“The world knows we are a peace-loving people.”

— Roald Dahl, Russian Diplomat, George Murcell, imdb.com

“After all, despite the universal and unanimous assumption that both powers—Russia and the United States—already have stockpiled more nuclear weaponry than is necessary to vaporize the entire planet, each power continues to build, improve and enlarge its terrifying arsenal. For the first time in hist…”

— Frank Sinatra, reprints.longform.org

“It's a good thing Russia doesn't exist anymore.”

— Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Michael Scott, Steve Carell, amazon.com

“When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union. And we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?”

— Peter Thiel, time.com

“The experience of the Soviet Union’s working class has shown that the ways and means to free itself from war lie in the breaking out of crisis, the transformation of imperialist war into civil war (Lenin), the merciless struggle under the banner: The principal enemy is to be found in our own country…”

— Michael Richardson, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, amazon.com