Vladimir Putin

Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win.

Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom.

… This phenomenon has its place in the world, and it’s developing. We need to monitor and analyze what’s going on thoroughly. And at some stage we will need to look at how we can take part in this process, how we can use it to avoid all sorts of restrictions in the sphere of international financial activity, among other things.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

It is clear to us that we have to defend our interests, and to do so consistently, not boorishly or rudely, in both the sphere of the economy and of defense.

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That’s the way it’s done in the U.S., and that’s the way it’s done in Russia.

Don’t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can not get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

By what right has the dog come to be regarded as a noble animal? The more brutal and cruel and unjust you are to him the more your fawning and adoring slave he becomes; whereas, if you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward-you will never get her full confidence again.

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.

I’d like to devote about three years to the elimination of the cow. There’s not reason in the world why the chemist can’t discover the cow’s secret of converting vegetation into dairy products. And there’s less reason why the chemist can’t do a better job of it after he learns how.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

The more I learn about people, the better I like my dog.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?