Quotessence
Home / Authors / Ilya Ilf
Ilya Ilf

Ilya Ilf Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

AllStatesAbsolutesAmericaArtistaCaliforniaChangeDespairDrankEntrancesExample

Famous Ilya Ilf Quotes

“Жизнь страны менялась с каждым столетием. Менялась одежда, совершенствовалось оружие, были усмирены картофельные бунты. Люди научились брить бороды. Полетел первый воздушный шар. Были изобретены железные близнецы пароход и паровоз. Затрубили автомашины. А дорога осталась такой же, какой была при Соловье разбойнике.”

Change
Book:Золотой теленок
Create image

“Just think what will happen when the tournament is over and all the visitors have gone. The residents of Moscow, crowded by the housing crisis, will flee to your magnificent city. The capital will be transferred automatically to Vasyuki. The government will move here. Vasyuki will be renamed New Moscow, and Moscow will be Old Vasyuki. Leningraders and Kharkovians will grind their teeth, but they won't be able to do a thing about it. New Moscow will become the elegant cultural center of Europe, and soon, of the whole world.”

Simpsons Did It
Book:The Twelve Chairs
Create image

“Americans don't like to waste time on stupid things, for example, on the torturous process of coming up with names for their towns. And really, why strain yourself when so many wonderful names already exist in the world?The entrance to the town of Moscow is shown in the photograph. That's right, an absolutely authentic Moscow, just in the state of Ohio, not in the USSR in Moscow province.There's another Moscow in some other state, and yet another Moscow in a third state. On the whole, every state has the absolute right to have its very own Moscow.”

WorldStatesWholeNamesProcessWonderfulStupidExampleWasteThirdsAbsolutesTownsPhotographWasting TimeStrainProvincesEntrancesOhioStupid ThingsMoscowUssr
Author:Ilya Ilf
Create image