Alexander 1 Of Russia Quotes

#1. The art of deep seeing makes gratitude possible.

Ann Voskamp

#2. Alexander tilted his head and kissed her deeply on the lips. He let go of her hands, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself against him. They kissed as if in a fever ... they kissed as if the breath were leaving their bodies.

Paullina Simons

#3. Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.

Mason Cooley

#4. Stuffed creatures, come to life and attack werewolves.

Genevieve Cogman

#5. Putin likes to quote a sentence from Czar Alexander III, who said that Russian has only two allies - the army and the navy. As a citizen, this makes me sit up and take notice. This is a concept of self-imposed isolation, a defense strategy that sees Russia surrounded by enemies.

Vladimir Sorokin

#6. Everybody is jumping up and down back in Russia. Probably lots of vodka, too.

Alexander Ovechkin

#7. I love men. I've always been drawn to poets, artists, and madmen. Sometimes all three in one

Jessica Lange

#8. Who is fit to be elected?' asked Napoleon. 'A Caesar, an Alexander only comes along once a century, so that election must be a matter of chance.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

#9. Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#10. We live without power of law, like flocks of ravens
they come and sweep over the land.

Alexander Pushkin

#11. You have amazing gifts. Don't squander them. Don't give them out meaninglessly, don't abuse them, don't take them for granted. You are the weapon you carry with you till the day you die.
-Tatiana and Alexander

Paullina Simons

#12. There's a huge and hungry market for the books on style and fashion in Russia, though the books should be done in Russian, not English since there are few readers who've master foreign languages well enough to buy foreign editions.

Alexander Vassiliev

#13. I consider him [i.e Stalin] one of the greatest persons in the history of mankind. In the history of Russia he was, in my opinion, even greater than Lenin. Until Stalin's death I was anti-Stalinist, but I always regarded him as a brilliant personality.

Alexander Zinoviev

#14. Just now and then, maybe every few weeks and then only for minutes at a time, a breach appeared in the partition and I walked on through, because I have always taken that as a general rule of life: If a door opens, walk on through and at least take a look around.

Barbara Ehrenreich

#15. All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.

T. E. Hulme

#16. I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

Alexander Lebedev

#17. We're all dying, just some of us sooner than others.

Vince Flynn

#18. For very long periods I am really patient, and then out breaks my bad temper. It is not so difficult to bear great trials, but these little buzzing mosquitos are so trying.

Robert Alexander

#19. I'm going to get out of here,' she said.
'That's the spirit.' Tamsin sighed, letting go of her last tears.
'Next time they take me to the tanks,' Ana continued, 'I'll make sure they drown me.'
'OK, it's official. You're mad.

Claire Merle

#20. Russia's 62% of women and only 38% men, many of whom are heavy drinkers, so the battle for the female happiness is a rude one, only the slimmest, the leggiest, the blondest and the sexiest are the winners..

Alexander Vassiliev

#21. Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.

Fernando Pessoa

#22. Optimism / stung like grit in my swimsuit all the long ride home ...

Lesley Wheeler

#23. Maria cries unashamedly on my shoulder while I whisper and pet her cheek, but Anastasia grips my other hand and stares fiercely back at our Alexander Palace with her wet blue eyes until it is no more than a lemon-colored speck against the sunrise.

Sarah Miller

#24. I was a serial monogamist.

Seth Berkley

#25. Russia is like a dinosaur. A lot of time is needed for change to reach the tail from the head.

Alexander Lebed

#26. Robert rushed to the gravel-pit, found the Psammead, and presently wished for - But that, too, is another story.

E. Nesbit

#27. You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect.

Michael Nutter

#28. The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran.

Michelle Alexander