There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

I read so much science fiction when I was young. I believe science fiction is the genre for exploration and to learn about possibilities via book.

Here's what's terrifying about Ebola. Ebola is invisible. It's a monster without a face. With the science that we have now, we can perceive Ebola as being not one thing but as a swarm, and the swarm is moving through the human population and expanding its numbers. It has the qualities of a monster.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.