Soviet Climbers

Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or climbers:

“They were right. The Soviet régime is not the embodiment of evil as you think in the West. They have laws and I broke them. I hate tea and they love tea. Who is wrong?”
—Alexander Zinoviev (b. 1922)

“The view is fine from fifty,
Experienced climbers say....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)