Greeks Quotes

Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.

Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny.

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex.

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.

The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks.

There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time.

Why do Greeks always open restaurants that fail?

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!