Faina Quotes & Sayings

Political scientists and professors are the new clergy; the clergy of oppression. — A.E. Samaan

It's not a face, but a personal insult. — Faina Ranevskaya

She told no one of the otter. Garrett would want to trap it; Faina would ask her to draw it. She refused to confine it by any means because, in some strange way, she knew it was her heart. Living, twisting muscle beneath bristly damp fur. Breaking through thin ice, splashing in cold creek water, sliding belly-down across snow. Joyful, though it should have known better. — Eowyn Ivey

If you're a young actor, unless you're on a very short list at the studios, we have to be very creative about moving your career along. Otherwise, all we can do is hope to get lucky and find that perfect role that pops you into stardom. — Patrick Whitesell

I've been smart enough to have lived my life stupidly. — Faina Ranevskaya

It has always been incomprehensible for me: people are ashamed of the poverty but aren't ashamed of the wealth. — Faina Ranevskaya

The next time you have a thought ... let it go. — Ron White

It smelled of oily flowers, like the worn pillowcases of long-ago lovers. — Michelle Tea

Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor. — Faina Ranevskaya

Women critics are amazons in climax. — Faina Ranevskaya

Old age is when you are not bothered with bad dreams, but with bad reality. — Faina Ranevskaya

Blindness enhanced my spiritual life. — Joaquin Rodrigo

The price you pay for waltzing with the devil is residing in hell. — Lorraine Heath

Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive. — Stephen King

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave. — H. Rap Brown

He whispered against my mouth. Wait for me, Aura. — Jeri Smith-Ready

Beauty is a horrible power. — Faina Ranevskaya

Aging is tedious, but it is the only way to live long. — Faina Ranevskaya

Like all people in love, I was obnoxious and stupid, threatened suicide ... And the one I was supposed to make worry only giggled. — Faina Ranevskaya

When you get married, you'll understand what happiness is. But then it will be too late. — Faina Ranevskaya

A fairytale is when you marry a frog and it turns out to be a princess. Reality is vice versa. — Faina Ranevskaya

Health is when it hurts in a new place every day. — Faina Ranevskaya

Lesbians, homosexuals, masochism, sadism are not perversions. Actually, there are only two perversions: hockey on grass and ballet on ice. — Faina Ranevskaya

Women are, of course, more intelligent. Have you ever heard of a woman that would lose her head only because a man has pretty legs? — Faina Ranevskaya

Family can replace everything. So, before starting a family, one should think what's more important: family or everything. — Faina Ranevskaya

All my life I've swam in the loo butterfly style. — Faina Ranevskaya

A real man is one who remembers the lady's birthday, but never knows how old she is. A man who never remembers her birthday, but knows exactly how old she is, - is her husband. — Faina Ranevskaya

You cannot cure sclerosis, but you can forget it. — Faina Ranevskaya

It is a shame to confess but among all living creatures only man doesn't know what is useful for him. — Faina Ranevskaya

If a patient wants to live, doctors are impotent. — Faina Ranevskaya

My fortune is in the fact that I don't need it. — Faina Ranevskaya

Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing. — Faina Ranevskaya

If a woman walks with her head down - she has a lover! If a woman walks with her head proudly up - she has a lover! If a woman carries her head straight - she has a lover! And actually, if a woman has a head, she has a
lover! — Faina Ranevskaya

I had enough brain to live a stupid life. — Faina Ranevskaya

I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. — Tibor Kalman

God created women beautiful - so that men can love them - and stupid - so that they can love men. — Faina Ranevskaya

The devil tricked you to trigger the apocalypse, and then he stuck a knife through your chest, but I swear it was out of love. — J.M. Darhower

Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt. — Faina Ranevskaya

On should life his life in such a way that even bastards remember him. — Faina Ranevskaya

I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don't work! — Tracee Ellis Ross

Optimism is lack of information. — Faina Ranevskaya

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations. — Jessica Brown Findlay