Ninotchka Yoschenko Quotes in Silk Stockings (1957)

Ninotchka Yoschenko: In Russia when somebody wants someone they say, "You, come here."

Steve Canfield: Oh, you mad romantic Russians!

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art: You are a music lover?

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Music is essential for parades.

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art: Of course.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: It seems to me that seduction can only take place when one is willing.

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art: Yeeesss. I can see that you would think that. Have you ever been to Paris?

Ninotchka Yoschenko: No! I have never been outside the Soviet Union.

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art: Welllll, heh, heh, I have spent many years in Paris. I got very close to the French people. In fact, they deported me three times.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: I resent being preached to about electricity. You forget we invented it.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Please don't make an issue of my womanhood.

Steve Canfield: I was looking forward to it.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Your attitude is typical of the male in capitalistic society. You will soon be extinct.

Steve Canfield: How long have I got left?

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Happiness is the reward of industry and labor. Dancing is a waste of time.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: For the first time in my life, I looked at something and thought, "How beautiful!" instead of "How useful."

Ninotchka Yoschenko: I want to ask you a serious question. Are you flirting with me?

Steve Canfield: Of course. No question about it.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Suppress it.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: Where is the little comrade's room?

Steve Canfield: Oh, just at the end of the hall.

Ninotchka Yoschenko: The arrangement of your features is not entirely repulsive to me.