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

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 Quote

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

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

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

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

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

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 Quote

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 Quote

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 Quote

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

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 Quote

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 Quote