Custine Russia Quotes & Sayings

The mind is wired by society, the heart is wired by your deepest desires for a blissful life. — Steven Redhead

I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization. — Marquis De Custine

Cover yourself!" I lift my gun. — Suzanne Collins

In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people. — Marquis De Custine

Custine described them as 'automata inconvenienced with a soul': a description true, perhaps, of all bureaucrats fearful for their jobs but truest of all where power is both arbitrary and completely centralised, as it was in Russia. — Theodore Dalrymple

Waiting is one of the great arts. — Margery Allingham

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen. — Michael Harrington

I never met an addict who came from a nice home . I've met addicts that came from families that had money and nice houses. But never from a nice home. — Sara Gran

I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology. — Matthew Rhys