Greeks Quotes

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!

Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.

But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison.

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.