The best quotes and aphorisms of Faina Ranevskaya

On August 27, 1896, Fayechka Feldman was born in one of the Jewish families of Taganrog, who would later become one of the greatest Soviet actresses and the "queen of the second plan" Faina Ranevskaya.

Despite the fact that she appeared on the screen in small, often episodic roles, the audience immediately paid attention to her, appreciating the natural talent of the actress. For many years she remained a favorite of the public, and her capacious, clever and often caustic phrases turned into winged expressions, forever disappearing into "folk folklore". Said many years ago, these words are still relevant and relevant, and it's so nice to read them over and over again.

The other half has a brain, assholes and pills. And I am initially whole.

Beautiful people also shit.

Think and say whatever you want about me. Where have you seen a cat that would be interested in what mice say about it?

If a patient really wants to live, doctors are powerless.

It is better to be a good person, "swearing obscenities" than a quiet, well-mannered creature.

Women, of course, are smarter. Have you ever heard of a woman who would lose her head just because a man has beautiful legs?

Eating alone is just as unnatural as shitting together!

Ranevskaya was asked if she knew the reasons for the divorce of a familiar couple. Faina Georgievna replied:

— They had different tastes: she loved men, and he loved women.

Everything pleasant in this world is either harmful, or immoral, or leads to obesity.

Even the most beautiful peacock tail hides the most ordinary chicken ass. So less pathos, gentlemen.

When a bouncer's legs hurt, she jumps sitting down.

There is such a love that it is better to immediately replace it with execution.

My wealth, obviously, is that I don't need it.

Horseradish, based on the opinion of others, ensures a calm and happy life.

There are people in whom God lives; there are people in whom the Devil lives; and there are people in whom only worms live.

A real man is a man who remembers exactly a woman's birthday and never knows how old she is. A man who never remembers a woman's birthday, but knows exactly how old she is, is her husband.

If you expect someone to accept you "the way you are," then you're just a lazy asshole. Because, as a rule, "as it is" is a sad sight. Change, you brute. Work on yourself. Or die alone.

Today's youth is terrible. But even more terrible is that we don't belong to it.

The most terrible thing is when a person no longer belongs to himself, but to his disintegration.

People make problems for themselves — no one forces them to choose boring professions, marry the wrong people or buy uncomfortable shoes.

— Why do women devote so much time and money to their appearance, and not to the development of intelligence?

— Because there are much fewer blind men than smart ones.

When I start writing my memoirs, then the phrase: "I was born into the family of a poor oil industrialist..." — nothing works out for me.

A woman, in order to succeed in life, must have two qualities. She should be smart enough to be liked by stupid men, and stupid enough to be liked by smart men. She amuses people's excitement over trifles, she was the same fool herself.

Now, before the finish, I understand clearly that everything is empty. Only kindness and compassion are needed.

— Faina Georgievna, how are you?

— Do you know what shit is, honey? So it is compared to my life — jam.

When Faina Georgievna was asked which, in her opinion, women tend to be more faithful — brunettes or blondes, she answered without hesitation: "Gray hair!"

I was smart enough to live my life stupidly.

Among all sorts of boogers, it is very difficult to reach the level of genius.

Life is too short to spend it on diets, greedy men and a bad mood.

Many complain about their appearance, and no one complains about their brains.

The union of a stupid man and a stupid woman gives birth to a heroine mother. The union of a stupid woman and an intelligent man generates a single mother. The union of a smart woman and a stupid man generates an ordinary family. The union of a smart man and a smart woman generates an easy flirtation.

What kind of world surrounds us? There are so many crazy people around... but how fun it is with them!

Women are not the weaker sex, the weaker sex are rotten boards.

Family replaces everything. Therefore, before you start it, you should think about what is more important to you: everything or family.

I don't recognize the word "play". You can play cards, horse races, checkers. You need to live on stage.

Why are all fools such women?

I realized what my misfortune is: rather a poet, a homegrown philosopher, a "household" fool — I don't get along with everyday life! Money gets in the way both when there is no money and when there is money. I buy things to give them. I wear old clothes, always unsuccessful. I'm a freak.