Ranevskaya Faina Quotes & Sayings

More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and courage from them. — Winston Churchill

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

When I found out I was pregnant, the first thing that had to go was the acne medicine and chemical-filled face washes and lotions. I made sure everything was natural and organic, and I started reading blogs by other pregnant women. — Marisa Miller

I'm not some piece of ass that you can just use for the night," Jake said, surprised at his own outrage. "You've got to be kidding. — Katie Rose

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

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

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

Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is
and a woman too, I guess. — John Steinbeck

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

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

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

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

Beauty is a horrible power. — Faina Ranevskaya

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

My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician. — Reeve Carney

The fact that seasoned politicians can say such ridiculous things - and get away with it - illustrates the degree to which the new dogma ... has swept through the left-of-centre governing classes. — Margaret Thatcher

I had enough brain to live a stupid life. — 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

The heart that
breaks open can
contain the
whole universe. — Joanna Macy

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

Optimism is lack of information. — Faina Ranevskaya

Auntie Mame, who was the british lady?
'Oh, she's from Pittsburgh'
'But she had the acc-'
'Well, when your from Pittsburgh you gotta do something — Audrey Hepburn

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

Salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb. — Tom Robbins

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

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

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. — Carlos Castaneda

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

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

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

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