Yakov Smirnoff famous quotes

I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Laughter #Believe #Heartless

Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Funny #Happiness #Laughter

I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Happiness #Laughter #Believe

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Love #Happiness #Laughter

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Happiness #Laughter #Believe

The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Funny #Paper #Lasts

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

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

#Girl #Dream #Comedy

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

When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Happiness #Laughter #Joy

In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you!
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Brother #Law #America

I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Nice #Would Be #Roles

Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Men #World #Men And Women

Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Falling In Love #Love Is #Years

After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#People #Unions #Soviet Union

Never having alone time is real tough on people.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Real #People #Tough

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

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 #Two #Kgb

I fed my ego, but not my soul.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Soul #Ego #Comedy

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

The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Oil #Oklahoma #Texas

If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#New York #Important #Broadway

I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Home #America

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Mind #Comedian #Hitting

Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Thinking #Want #Grim

In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Humorous #Russia #Female

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

Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Russia #People #Comedian

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Heart #Laughing #Balance

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

In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Funny #Party #America

I found out that when you get married the man becomes the head of the house. And the woman becomes the neck, and she turns the head any way she wants to.
-- Yakov Smirnoff

#Men #House #Want