Yakov Smirnoff Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Funny, Russia, Two

  "Laugh Off: The Comedy Showdown Between Real Life And The Pros". Book by Bob Fenster, 2005.

• I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Girl, Dream, Comedy

• My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  New York, Freedom, Father

• Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Funny, Gay, Men

• We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Education, Children, Thinking

• It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Heart, Size, Spirit

• We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Teacher, Teaching, May

• I fed my ego, but not my soul.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Ego, Soul, Comedy

• Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Thinking, Giving, Feelings

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