Russian Empire Order

Famous quotes containing the words russian, empire and/or order:

    In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
    Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

    The “paper tiger” hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet.
    Eldridge Cleaver (b. 1935)

    They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
    Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)