Quotes from Vladimir Voinovich

Only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always be the way they are.

When you deny something your power is much more conspicuous than when you approve it.

A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do.

A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power.

A meeting is that measure whereby a large number of people gather and some say things that they don't think and others think things that they don't say.

Little girl whom do you love more, mama or papa? -Stalin!

Bir toplant? çok say?da insan?n bir araya geldiÄŸi, baz?lar?n?n gerçekte düÅŸünmediklerini söyledikleri, baz?lar?n?n gerçekte yapt?klar?n? söylemedikleri bir düzenlemedir. -Er Ä°van Çonkin'in YaÅŸam? ve OlaÄŸanüstü Serüvenleri

continuou a gritar, sem compreender que a vida, por si só, entrega-se a nós sem nenhum tipo de condição, e não há necessidade de justificá-la por meios especialmente mirabolantes.

A minha vida está justificada, justificada, justificada!, continuou a gritar, sem compreender que a vida, por si só, entrega-se a nós sem nenhum tipo de condição, e não há necessidade de justificá-la por meios especialmente mirabolantes.

On learning that the instigators of the uprising had been shot, she was incensed both by the fact that they had been shot at all and the fact that not enough of them had been shot.