Vladimir Putin

Russian president

Contemporary influential 126 sayings

Sayings by Vladimir Putin

You could only expect to receive 'the ears of a dead donkey' from Moscow.

Before 2015 — Bizarre brush-off of Latvia (Riga) regarding relations with Moscow, a Russian expression for nothing…
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

You could only expect to receive 'the ears of a dead donkey' from Moscow.

Before 2015 — Bizarre brush-off of Latvia (Riga) regarding relations with Moscow, a Russian expression for nothing…
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Turkey's political leadership may have decided to lick the Americans in a particular place.

2015 — Suggesting why Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Turkey's political leadership may have decided to lick the Americans in a particular place.

2015 — Suggesting why Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Just leave kids alone, please.

2014 — Response to a group of volunteers at the Olympic mountain venue when asked about attitudes toward ga…
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Just leave kids alone, please.

2014 — Response to a group of volunteers at the Olympic mountain venue when asked about attitudes toward ga…
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I have a heart, but my love is tough, manly.

2014 — Attributed as one of the underlying messages he conveys with his animal photos.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I have a heart, but my love is tough, manly.

2014 — Attributed as one of the underlying messages he conveys with his animal photos.
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Greetings to your president. What a mighty man he turns out to be! He raped 10 women — I would never have expected this from him. He surprised us all — we all envy him.

2006 — Overheard by a journalist, said to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose president (Moshe…
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Greetings to your president. What a mighty man he turns out to be! He raped 10 women — I would never have expected this from him. He surprised us all — we all envy him.

2006 — Overheard by a journalist, said to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose president (Moshe…
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

At a minimum, a head of state should have a head.

2008 — Response to Hillary Clinton's joke in 2008 that Putin 'doesn't have a soul,' widely interpreted as a…
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

At a minimum, a head of state should have a head.

2008 — Response to Hillary Clinton's joke in 2008 that Putin 'doesn't have a soul,' widely interpreted as a…
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I'll pinch you later.

2014 — Promised to a young female volunteer at the Sochi Olympics who said it was 'a dream' to meet him.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I'll pinch you later.

2014 — Promised to a young female volunteer at the Sochi Olympics who said it was 'a dream' to meet him.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

In general, love is the whole meaning of life, of being. Love of family, of children, and of the Motherland.

2014 — Describing the 'meaning of life' at the 15th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

In general, love is the whole meaning of life, of being. Love of family, of children, and of the Motherland.

2014 — Describing the 'meaning of life' at the 15th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I like animals, it seems I have a feeling for them.

2014 — After subduing a six-month-old Persian leopard cub that attacked journalists at a sanctuary.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I like animals, it seems I have a feeling for them.

2014 — After subduing a six-month-old Persian leopard cub that attacked journalists at a sanctuary.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Ukraine was entirely created by Russia, more precisely, Bolshevik, communist Russia.

2022 — Speech addressing the nation, ahead of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Ukraine was entirely created by Russia, more precisely, Bolshevik, communist Russia.

2022 — Speech addressing the nation, ahead of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed