Ilya Piatetski-shapiro/moscow Years - 1929%e2%80%931959

Famous quotes containing the words moscow and/or years:

    “Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry.”
    —Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813)

    “According to Father’s lexicon people who started on a job and didn’t stay at it for 50 years were “quitters.” If you stayed 20 years and then shifted to more congenial work you were a “drifter.””
    —Richard Bissell (1913–1977)