Portrait of Vladimir Putin

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…
Life & Death 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…
Life & Death 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.
Political 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.
Political Disputed

Just leave kids alone, please.

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

Just leave kids alone, please.

2014 — Response to a group of volunteers at the Olympic mountain venue when asked about attitudes toward ga…
Wisdom 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.
Love & Relationships 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.
Love & Relationships 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…
Political 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…
Political 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…
Wisdom 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…
Wisdom 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.
Wisdom 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.
Wisdom 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.
Love & Relationships 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.
Love & Relationships 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.
Nature & World 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.
Nature & World 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.
Political 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.
Political Confirmed
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