Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes by Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes From Nikita Khrushchev But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you. Nikita Khrushchev bangs life-is school If we were to promise people nothing better than only revolution, they would scratch their heads and say: 'Is it not better to have good goulash?' Nikita Khrushchev political people promise No matter how humble a man's beginnings, he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected. Nikita Khrushchev office humble men The more bombers the less room for doves of peace. Nikita Khrushchev bombers peace history The thought sometimes - the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came - if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just - it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back. Nikita Khrushchev knees united-states might All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America. Nikita Khrushchev rooftops united-states america There are still some people who think that we have Stalin to thank for all our progress, who quake before Stalin's dirty under-draws, who stand at attention and salute them. Nikita Khrushchev people dirty thinking When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again. Nikita Khrushchev skins business should Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything. Nikita Khrushchev upset dangerous people The dictatorship of the proletariat and the leadership of the Marxist-Leninist party are indispensable conditions for the triumph of the Socialist revolution and the building of Socialism. Nikita Khrushchev triumph communication party If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it! Nikita Khrushchev teeth sticks dog I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer! Nikita Khrushchev jazz singers girl They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves. Nikita Khrushchev tea-leaves littles attention If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. Nikita Khrushchev political advice bird Without Spam, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army. Nikita Khrushchev spam able army Just imagine: I, a Premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan - a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now, I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked, 'Why not?' What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there? I do not know Nikita Khrushchev pads rockets cities I don't like the life here in New York. There is no greenery. It would make a stone sick. Nikita Khrushchev sick new-york stones You must never believe all these things which the scientists say because they always want more than they can get-they are never satisfied. Nikita Khrushchev research science believe My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul. Nikita Khrushchev soul lying blood Let there be more corn and more meat and let there be no hydrogen bombs at all. Nikita Khrushchev hydrogen-bomb bombs meat