Yakov Smirnoff

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

#bittersweet #heart #human #human spirit #kind

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

#described #father #fell #freedom #harbor

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

#after #ever #ever after #fairy #fairy tales

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

— Yakov Smirnoff

#forget #heads #hearts #laughing #our

Never having alone time is real tough on people. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#having #never #one time #people #real

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

— Yakov Smirnoff

#advertise #already #big #i #just

We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#choice #feel #heads #hearts #our

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

#build #buy #children #education #feel

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#laughter #love #love is #treasure

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

— Yakov Smirnoff

#laughter #met #needs #other #person