Once You Stop Believing In Santa Claus,

Ice Hockey Is The Closest Thing To Religion Permitted By The Soviet Union.

The Most Wounding Insult To An Educated Russian Was To Be Called Nekulturny-uncultured-yet The Same Men Who Sat In The Gilt Boxes At The Moscow State Opera Weeping At The End Of A Performance Of Boris Gudunov Could Immediately Turn Around And Order The Execution Or Imprisonment Of A Hundred Men Without Blinking. A Strange People, Made More Strange By Their Political Philosophy.

Civilians Listened To Officers, Which Said A Lot About The Intelligence Of Civilians.

When I Go To Peoples' Houses I Like To Sneak Into Their Bedrooms And Try On Their Underwear.

We Cannot Fail To Win Unless We Fail To Try.