Soviet Union Stamp

Famous quotes containing the words soviet union, soviet, union and/or stamp:

“In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
—A.N. (Arkady N.)

““Is there life on Mars?” “No, not there either.””
—Russian saying popular in the Soviet period, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)

“The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)

“Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)