Mehran

“He who does not regret the break-up of the Soviet Union has no heart; he who wants to revive it in its previous form has no head.”
― Vladimir Putin

“The one without dreams is the one without wings.”
― Mohammad Ali

“Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”
― Bill Shankly

“Back to the books. The world’s largest bell was built in 1733 in Moscow, and weighed in at more than four hundred thousand pounds. It never rang—it was broken by fire before it could be struck. What a sad little story. All that work, all that planning, all those expectations—then nothing. Now it just sits there in Russia, a big metallic symbol of failure. I have a moment of silence for the silent bell.”
― A.J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All