Quotes about Greek

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. Votes: 6

It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. Votes: 5

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. Votes: 5

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return. Votes: 5

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' Votes: 5

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. Votes: 5

There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian. Votes: 5

Drawing is like studying Greek and piano- you can't speak or play in your conscious, which is clumsy. You must get it into your subconscious, which is graceful. But that takes time. Votes: 5

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. Votes: 5

The Greek people are entrepreneurial. Votes: 4

A heroic nature is very Greek. Votes: 4

Without Greek studies there is no education. Votes: 4

Greek architecture is the flowering of geometry. Votes: 4

My favorite power food is Greek yogurt and honey. Votes: 4

Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)] Votes: 4

Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant Votes: 4

Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love Votes: 4

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. Votes: 4

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. Votes: 4

Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious. Votes: 4

Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. Votes: 4

Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek. Votes: 4

I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks. Votes: 4

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Votes: 4

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Votes: 4

Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word entheos, which means, "inspired" or "filled with the divine." Votes: 4

The space of early Greek cosmology was structured by logos - resonant utterance or word. Votes: 4

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes. Votes: 4

Greek dress was in its essence inartistic. Nothing should reveal the body but the body. Votes: 4

People who look at Greek statues never say it's a shame because they're not complete. Votes: 4

Alexander was not the first Greek to be honoured as a god for political favour... Votes: 4

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek. Votes: 4

I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry. Votes: 4

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. Votes: 4

Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. Votes: 4

Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us." Votes: 4

Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community. Votes: 4

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool' Votes: 4

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Votes: 4

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Votes: 4

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers. Votes: 4

Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one. Votes: 4

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit... Votes: 4

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better. Votes: 4

Greek tragedy was pre-Freudian, so every emotion has to be so raw; there are no psychological undertones. Votes: 4

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. Votes: 4

The sacred writings excepted, no Greek has been so much read and so variously translated as Euclid. Votes: 4

I think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people. Votes: 4

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans. Votes: 4

The original Greek meaning of the word anthology is a collection or gathering of flowers in bloom. Votes: 4

Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus! Votes: 4

I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus. Votes: 4

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy. Votes: 4

Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen. Votes: 4

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way better. Votes: 4

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton Votes: 4

The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government. Votes: 4

First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we're entering the Age of the Ass. Votes: 4

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy. Votes: 4

I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. Votes: 4

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters. Votes: 4

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy. Votes: 4

Technology has been defined, perhaps a little ungenerously, as "a long Greek name for a bag of tools". Votes: 4

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. Votes: 4

Light means knowledge in the Greek language it can also be translated as illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding and wisdom Votes: 4

Among the conservative Greek opinion there would be no regrets that Alexander the Greek leader was invading the barbarians. Votes: 4

In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college. Votes: 4

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Votes: 4

Part of why I love Greek food so much is that it is simple, but it's unpretentious. It's authentic. Votes: 4

There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear. Votes: 4

Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones. Votes: 4

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. Votes: 4

The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. Votes: 4

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form. Votes: 4

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Votes: 4

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. Votes: 4

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. Votes: 4

Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. Votes: 4

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology. Votes: 4

In Greece, the unemployment rate has risen to 22%. The solution to the problem was to raise taxes on the rich, according to the Greek president Barack Obama-opolis. Votes: 4

'Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 4

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. Votes: 4

She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinctly African woman, dark in color. Votes: 4

I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush. Votes: 4

I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also happens to be Muslim. Votes: 4

I like to cook simple things, like vegetable egg-white omelets; roast chicken; sauteed chicken breast with curry powder; and Greek salad. Just things that are fresh and healthy and fast and easy, because I have such a crazy schedule. Votes: 4

Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian - we are an emotional bunch. It is where we laughed, cried and yelled - but most importantly, where we bonded and connected. Votes: 4

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. Votes: 4

Ergometer is Greek for 'work meter' Votes: 3

I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese. Votes: 3

My Greek mythology is not strong enough. Votes: 3

I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature. Votes: 3

For my part, it was Greek to me. Votes: 3

Id like to live in the Greek islands Votes: 3

Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts. Votes: 3

He's (Jose Canseco) built like a Greek goddess. Votes: 3

I have friends who read my books in Greek. Votes: 3

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora. Votes: 3

Eureka is Greek for ‘this bath is too hot'. Votes: 3

I always wanted to play a Greek god in something. Votes: 3

Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers... Votes: 3

I've always wanted to have a Greek sitcom called Olive Lucy. Votes: 3

Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another. Votes: 3

I love Greek mythology, I love gladiators, I love war stuff. Votes: 3

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin. Votes: 3

The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid. Votes: 3

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama. Votes: 3

Hey," he said. "It's someday." He said the last word in Greek. Votes: 3

The Greek playwrights, we're all beholden to them, every one of us. Votes: 3

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. Votes: 3

It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments. Votes: 3

Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes. Votes: 3

My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy. Votes: 3

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way. Votes: 3

Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end. Votes: 3

You mix Greek and Roman, you know what you get? You get BAM! Votes: 3

I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people. Votes: 3

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent. Votes: 3

My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married. Votes: 3

I've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths. Votes: 3

Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. Votes: 3

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. Votes: 3

There are but two truths in the world - the Bible and Greek architecture. Votes: 3

Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. Votes: 3

The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium. Votes: 3

All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation. Votes: 3

In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization. Votes: 3

I have never come across someone who could inspire more respect than the Greek philosophers. Votes: 3

I asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve. Votes: 3

My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University. Votes: 3

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. Votes: 3

"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George. Votes: 3

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us. Votes: 3

The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: the endless sea is Portuguese. Votes: 3

We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. Votes: 3

Negativland through rose colored glasses. If 'mice are from Mars,' Greek Buck is from Venus. Votes: 3

All you have to do is wear a hat, dark glasses and carry a Greek newspaper.... Votes: 3

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. Votes: 3

Greek is doubtless the most perfect [language] that has been contrived by the art of man. Votes: 3

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. Votes: 3

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series. Votes: 3

I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Votes: 3

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions. Votes: 3

Women are like those blinkin' little Greek islands, places to call at but not to stay. Votes: 3

Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.] Votes: 3

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides Votes: 3

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ? Votes: 3

Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins? Votes: 3

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. Votes: 3

All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive. Votes: 3

I didn't have a big fat Greek wedding, but I have a lot of fat Greek friends. Votes: 3

I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating. Votes: 3

The Greek people today voted for Greece to remain on its European path and in the eurozone. Votes: 3

Something has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue. Votes: 3

My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy. Votes: 3

The original text of the Bible was perhaps written in Hebrew and Aramaic and later translated into Greek. Votes: 3

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. Votes: 3

The forge looked like a steam-powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together. Votes: 3

Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them. Votes: 3

And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.' Votes: 3

Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days? Votes: 3

What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ? Votes: 3

A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada. Votes: 3

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little. Votes: 3

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it." Votes: 3

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood. Votes: 3

I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000." Votes: 3

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. Votes: 3

I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000. Votes: 3

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy. Votes: 3

In politics, there are different categories of friendship. My friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for example . Votes: 3

Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy. Votes: 3

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets Votes: 3

Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. Votes: 3

We believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us. Votes: 3

In matters pertaining to the care of life there has been no marked gain over Greek and Roman antiquity. Votes: 3

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. Votes: 3

I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] Votes: 3

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework. Votes: 3

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost. Votes: 3

The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths. Votes: 3

Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. Votes: 3

'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies. Votes: 3

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Votes: 3

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs. Votes: 3

Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies. Votes: 3

Theatre probably originated without texts, but by the time we get to the classical Greek period, theatre has become text-based. Votes: 3

Greek is the morning land of languages, and has the freshness of early dew in it which will never exhale. Votes: 3

There is a Greek word that is called "Praxis" and that means the integration of your beliefs with your behavior. Votes: 3

The adoration of human nature by the Greeks appeared in Greek plastic art and was the cause of its excellence. Votes: 3

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. Votes: 3

All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament. Votes: 3

The word which denotes the act of baptizing, according to the usage of Greek writers, uniformly signifies or implies immersion. Votes: 3

Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods). Votes: 3

ABC Family is ready to get a new image for themselves, and I think 'Greek' really kind of started that change. Votes: 3

The word 'silly' derives from the Greek 'selig' meaning 'blessed.' There is something sacred in being able to be silly. Votes: 3

The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece. Votes: 3

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family. Votes: 3

When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer. Votes: 3

In order to make reforms sustainable, the Greek economy needs the space to return to growth and start creating jobs again. Votes: 3

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner. Votes: 3

The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. Votes: 3

To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge. Votes: 3

It is not a great Xerxes army of words, but a compact Greek ten thousand that march safely down to posterity. Votes: 3

To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends. Votes: 3

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom. Votes: 3

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. Votes: 3

For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. Votes: 3

There are no negro problems, or Polish problems, or Jewish problems, or Greek problems, or women's problems, there are HUMAN PROBLEMS". Votes: 3

If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories. Votes: 3

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany. Votes: 3

Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this. Votes: 3

Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand. Votes: 3

Leaves are the Greek, flowers the Italian, phase of the spirit of beauty that reveals itself through the flora of the globe. Votes: 3

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre. Votes: 3

Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects. Votes: 3

'Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects. Votes: 3

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought. Votes: 3

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. Votes: 3

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not? Votes: 3

You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up. Votes: 3

I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy. Votes: 3

The Greek word for sinning means to ‘miss the point;’ The point is eternal life which is here and now. Votes: 3

Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates. Sneaky things, temples. Votes: 3

The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject. Votes: 3

All the superhero stuff is Greek myths and Greek gods, wearing tights and capes. That's what they are. That's what I gravitate towards. Votes: 3

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age. Votes: 3

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games. Votes: 3

One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art. Votes: 3

The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word. Votes: 3

The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify. Votes: 3

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments. Votes: 3

My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky. Votes: 3

In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love. Votes: 3

In its Greek origins, historia meant inquiry, and from Thucydides onwards, the past has been studied to understand its connections with the present. Votes: 3

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism. Votes: 3

That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker? Votes: 3

In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle. Votes: 3

Prehistoric art came to move me much more than Greek art. Greek art has beautiful women and handsome men, but I don't care. Votes: 3

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people. Votes: 3

If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted its qualities. Votes: 3

Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours. Votes: 3

Those who have a lot of money in Greece invest in housing abroad. It's all immoral. The Greek crisis is structural, but also political. Votes: 3

I think the Greek New Testament is the strongest and most successful misreading of a great prior text in the entire history of influence. Votes: 3

In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology Votes: 3

I always read the Capitol as f—ked up pansexuality, everybody is doing everybody. Back to Greek and Roman times! It’s all happening. Votes: 3

I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker. Votes: 3

Aristotle is the last Greek philosopher who faces the world cheerfully; after him, all have, in one form or another, a philosophy of retreat. Votes: 3

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of 'The Hunger Games.' Votes: 3

Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy. Votes: 3

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward. Votes: 3

The original Greek word for enthusiasm meant "to be filled with God." When we are "filled with God" we tend to lead on purpose. Votes: 3

Although it is true that petros and petra can mean 'stone' and 'rock' respectively in earlier Greek, the distinction is largely confined to poetry. Votes: 3

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries. Votes: 3

I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis. Votes: 3

Aristotle and Plato considered Greeks so innately superior to barbarians that slavery is justified so long as the master is Greek and the slave barbarian. Votes: 3

So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. Votes: 3

Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up. Votes: 3

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood. Votes: 3

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly. Votes: 3

That is the ultimate synthesis - when Zorba becomes a Buddha. I am trying to create here not Zorba the Greek but Zorba the Buddha. Votes: 3

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room. Votes: 3

You can be a German, you can be a Greek or a Spanish or a Japanese etc, but your true nation is the whole humanity! Votes: 3

I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for a rational age. Votes: 3

You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest. Votes: 3

My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician. Votes: 3

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon. Votes: 3

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. Votes: 3

We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience IS the main event. Votes: 3

And though he had almost flunked in Greek, his thesis on 'Sixteen Ways of Paying a Church Debt' had won the ten-dollar prize in Practical Theology. Votes: 3

From that moment, I did not cease to pray to God that by his grace it might one day be permitted to me to learn Greek. Votes: 3

"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the United States and Europe. Votes: 3

I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five. Votes: 3

Demon mean knowledge in Greek, especially about the material world. Science means knowledge in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if we look no further Votes: 3

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings. Votes: 3

Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but the Greek for "ignoramus." Votes: 3

President James Garfield could write in Latin with one hand while writing in Greek with the other. I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous. Votes: 3

Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular things. Votes: 3

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. Votes: 3

Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?' Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms. Votes: 3

I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that. Votes: 3

Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are Votes: 3

The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one. Votes: 3

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. Votes: 3

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom. Votes: 3

It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to the United States. Votes: 3

It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it better. Votes: 3

In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet. Votes: 3

As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions. Votes: 3

The Indian gods are imposing, the Greek gods are not. Indeed they are not brave, not self-controlled, they have no manners, they are not gentlemen and ladies. Votes: 3

If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 "¦ you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods"¦ that's where we're headed. Votes: 3

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. Votes: 3

I'm personally very grateful to my many friends in the Greek-American community, sons and daughters of Greece who have found success in every walk of American life. Votes: 3

The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either. Votes: 3

The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will. Votes: 3

My CD collection has a lot of world music - lots of Indian, African, Portuguese, Greek, Italian music. Because of my husband, a lot of jazz, too. Votes: 3

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. Votes: 3

If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in a house with no light. Votes: 3

Hard. That was what he looked like. That was what you first noticed about him: a hard, chiselled face, like that that of some ancient Greek statue. Votes: 3

A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories. Votes: 3

He was not like Greek fathers. He didn't tell us to get married. My father thought it was very important that we travel, learn languages, be educated. Votes: 3

The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly. Votes: 3

The Greek conception of a life in harmony with nature found its most complete development in the rationalism of the Renaissance and of the centuries that followed it. Votes: 3

On the Greek stage a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Votes: 3

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember. Votes: 3

I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne! Votes: 3

The Greeks according to official history used letters for hundreds, for tens, and ones.It was extremely complicated. If you talk about Archimedes, you should use Greek letters. Votes: 3

NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology. Votes: 3

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'. Votes: 3

Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold? Votes: 3

Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent', more permanent even than Greek literature. Votes: 3

For me the form, the stanzaic shape, is an endorsement, proof that I'm engaged with the Latin or Greek at an original level, that my versions are explorations. Votes: 3

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. Votes: 3

To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. Votes: 3

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs. Votes: 3

My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time. Votes: 3

They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world. Votes: 3

In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property in a work of art, which belonged to all who could behold it. Votes: 3

The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it. Votes: 3

My home shall be open for the sun and the wind and the voices of the sea - like a Greek temple - and light, light, light everywhere! Votes: 3

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces. Votes: 3

Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be cured by a daily application of old Greek myths to their private parts. Votes: 3

If my luck held, it wouldn't be a handsome Greek demigod looking for the love of his life or at least his love of a couple of hours. Votes: 3

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns. Votes: 3

Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which I coined the word, 'CHIROPRACTIC.' Votes: 3

It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level. Votes: 3

The Greek debt issue, for example, is such a threat because if that country ever defaulted, it might cause some bank that's 'too big to fail' to actually fail. Votes: 3

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is another matter. Votes: 3

What good is all the painstaking work on copy if the headline isn't right? If the headline doesn't stop people, the copy might as well be written in Greek. Votes: 3

The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire is inflamed for one who is ill-favored. Votes: 3

In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building. Votes: 3

The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians and scholars grow gray in commemorating it. Votes: 3

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy. Votes: 3

It could plausibly be argued that far from Christian theology having hampered the study of nature for fifteen hundred years, it was Greek corruptions of biblical Christianity which hampered it. Votes: 3

Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 3

Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 3

...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged. Votes: 3

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?" Votes: 3

That's always a cool thing to be the voice of what the eyes are seeing. It gives you the role of the Greek chorus and that's always fun to do. Votes: 3

[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages - derives from a Greek word meaning "leisure. Votes: 3

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? Votes: 3

Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think. Votes: 3

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Votes: 3

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect. Votes: 3

Kant does represents a distinctively modern view of the human condition in contrast to that of ancient high culture, found in ancient Greek ethics and also in ancient Chinese ethics. Votes: 3

There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon, and the remains of the earliest Greek art. Votes: 3

Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of knowledge, alluding to Icarus of the Greek myth. Votes: 3

All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons. Votes: 3

I went to a basic school, which had children from all corners of the world, and met my best friend and had to learn Greek because she didn't speak English. Votes: 3

I would rather be a member of this [Afrikan] race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or Anglo-Saxon in the nineteenth century. Votes: 3

Elegance is reduction, simplification, condensation. It is spare, stark, sleek. Elegance is cultivated abstraction. The source of Greek and Roman classicism - clarity, order, proportion, balance - is in Egypt. Votes: 3

In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how I grew up, love is described with different words. Votes: 3

Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is sooner or later a cause of servitude. Votes: 3

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods. Votes: 3

There's nothing a well-regulated child hates so much as regularity. I believe a really healthy boy would thoroughly enjoy Greek Grammar--if only he might stand on his head to learn it! Votes: 3

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics. Votes: 3

Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine. Votes: 3

My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a broiled meat or fish, and a dark green vegetable at every meal. Votes: 3

... passion, once unleashed, has a way of unleashing other passions -- a principle adhered to as firmly by the police force of any large modern city as by the Greek tragedians. Votes: 3

My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and remind me that I am foolish. Votes: 3

The word hospitality in the New Testament comes from two Greek words. The first word means love and the second word means strangers. Its a word that means love of strangers. Votes: 3

Yiddish is the voice of exile, the tongue of ghettos, but I'll shed a tear when it joins ancient Greek and dead Latin. For gossip and insult, you can't beat Yiddish. Votes: 3

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone. Votes: 3

The term "paradigm," from the Greek paradeigma ("pattern"), was used by Kuhn to denote a conceptual framework shared by a community of scientists and providing them with model problems and solutions Votes: 3

You know, I found out recently that the word "heretic" comes from the Greek word "airetikós", meaning "able to choose" - which pretty much says it all, don't you think? Votes: 3

Faction is the greatest evil and the most common danger. "Faction" is the conventional English translation of the Greek stasis, one of the most remarkable words to be found in any language. Votes: 3

I think it's Greek Orthodox - who totally believes in the pope, not anything about attacking the United States, which needs to be because we're not recognizing the dignity of all people. Votes: 3

It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with the tactical precision of the Spartan pikeman. Votes: 3

I think it's Greek Orthodox - who totally believes in the pope, not anything about attacking the United States, which needs to be because we're not recognizing the dignity of all people. Votes: 3

Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was slightly different from either Latin or Greek. Votes: 3

I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy. Votes: 3

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather forecast are about the only things spared. Votes: 3

Throughout the history of medicine, including the shamanic healing traditions, the Greek tradition of Asclepius, Aristotle and Hippocrates, and the folk and religious healers, the imagination has been used to diagnose disease. Votes: 3

Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and goddesses because they don't live on Mt. Olympus. Votes: 3

Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care. Votes: 3

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks Greek architecture is the perfect flowering of geometry. Votes: 3

I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation. Votes: 3

Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach. Votes: 3

I had to marry a Greek; I had to stir up the ethnic pot. Otherwise, my children would have been anemic and sickly. Now theyve got some good Mediterranean blood in them. Votes: 3

We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the Greek sense, only means that it has a happy ending. Votes: 3

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes. Votes: 3

I had to marry a Greek; I had to stir up the ethnic pot. Otherwise, my children would have been anemic and sickly. Now they've got some good Mediterranean blood in them. Votes: 3

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse. Votes: 3

The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its terrestrial form, apparent death, and ultimate celestial destination. Votes: 3

Greek' is basically a show about sororities and fraternities. It follows Casey Cartwright, played by me, her younger brother, and all the people that are involved in their lives from the different fraternities. Votes: 3

Even hidden in the most squalid Parisian halls, wrestling partakes of the nature of the great solar spectacles, Greek drama and bullfights: in both, a light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve. Votes: 3

There's no genetic basis for any kind of rigid ethnic or racial classification. . . I'm always asked is there Greek DNA or an Italian gene, but, of course, there isn't. . . . We're very closely related. Votes: 3

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity. Votes: 3

Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled. Votes: 3

The eastern part of the Roman Empire spoke mostly Greek, and the western parts spoke mostly Latin. So very soon, you begin getting different emphases between the Eastern church and the Western church. Votes: 3

Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy. Votes: 3

Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand either the aims or achievements of mathematics in the last 50 years. [Said in 1950] Votes: 3

I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete. Votes: 3

The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why I am launching a cross-border movement for more democracy. Votes: 3

Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving contemplation of worthy things, such as beauty and courage. Votes: 3

I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch— I said it in German and Greek; But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) That English is what you speak! Votes: 3

Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart? Votes: 3

The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the feminine petra could not very well serve as a masculine name. Votes: 3

The deeper I go into mythology, the more I find. I originally did five 'Percy Jackson' books. I thought that would cover Greek mythology and I couldn't have been more wrong. It's ever-expanding. Votes: 3

when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... ! Votes: 3

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks. Votes: 3

One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it. Her character has distinct roots in classic Greek mythology, in fact. Votes: 3

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations. Votes: 3

My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast, before it became so fashionable. I've also sailed around the Turkish islands, the Greek islands and Sicily. Votes: 3

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it. Votes: 3

For breakfast, I make an amazing protein shake with fruit, Greek yogurt, protein powder, flaxseed oil and honey. It's a nice way to get a healthy start and a little bit of sweetness, too. Votes: 3

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years. Votes: 3

Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely. Votes: 3

You get most out of walking by going along briskly, swinging the arms and breathing deeply. It also helps promote the circulation of blood to the brain. The Greek philosophers promenaded as they philosophized. Votes: 3

I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish. Votes: 3

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then it depends much more on execution for its effect. Votes: 3

I have looked warily at anthropologists ever since the day when I went to hear a great Greek scholar lecture on the Iliad, and listened for an hour to talk about bull-roarers and leopard-societies. Votes: 3

Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move me strongly, and that is one of the sources of my writing. Votes: 3

I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear. Votes: 3

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction. Votes: 3

Thank you for inviting me to your house, but I prefer to dine in the Greek restaurant at Wabash Avenue and 12th Street where I will be limited to finding dead flies in my soup. Votes: 3

The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan. Votes: 3

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary. Votes: 3

When I first started studying Greek, one of my absolute favorite parts was realizing that so many English words had these old, secret roots. Learning Greek was like being given a super-power: linguistic x-ray vision. Votes: 3

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. Votes: 3

All the wonders of the Greek civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the single book of Psalms. Greece had all that this world could give her; but the flowers of Paradise blossomed in Palestine alone. Votes: 3

The student may read Homer or Ãâ" schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages. Votes: 3

It is childish to assume that science began in Greece; the Greek "miracle" was prepared by millenia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and possibly in other regions. Greek science was less an invention than a revival. Votes: 3

My mom is very structured. She gets up, she does her prayers, and she eats her oatmeal with blueberries and Greek yogurt, and she has her prayer list, and she doesn't worry too much about things. Votes: 3

Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the public or half-educated ape of a clargimint could think he understood. Votes: 3

My parents divorced. There was the usual awkward business of going between them, but I was mostly with my mother. She remarried to a Greek painter Nico Ghika, so we were always around artists and intellectuals. Votes: 3

The first two crusades brought the flower of European chivalry to Constantinople and restored that spiritual union between Eastern and Western Christendom that had been interrupted by the great schism of the Greek and Roman Churches. Votes: 3

Poseidon's trident was also all over the place, since Peter the Great wanted to stress Russia's sea power. I especially like the trident on top of an obelisk -- what a great Egyptian/Greek mix up! Votes: 3

In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India. Votes: 3

The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring as Sappho says, "More real than real, more gold than gold. Votes: 3

It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and Latin literature, its wealth and variety, its freshness and its imperishable quality. Votes: 3

Everybody can't be like Redford and pop out there and make big bucks right away because you look like a Greek god... The guy's a friend of mine and he has absolutely no privacy in his life... Votes: 3

Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort. Votes: 3

And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow. Votes: 3

There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I believe sleep is the sweetest state. You're dead, yet alive. There's no sensation so exquisite. Votes: 3

Nosology (from the Greek nosos, meaning disease, and logos, referring to study) is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. Votes: 3

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. Votes: 3

(Greek) Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you know, we're part of an acting tradition and, and performance capture is no different. Votes: 3

It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true. Votes: 3

The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy... and also a prolific author. Votes: 3

We cannot deny that 80 or even 90 percent of the spiritual treasures from the past 3,000 years have come from Europe. There is no other Greek theatre anywhere else in the world. There is no other Shakespeare, Dante or Cervantes. Votes: 3

The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings. Votes: 3

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. Votes: 3

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may be applied to many another course of life, that its two days of happiness are the first and the last Votes: 3

The Greek philosophies teach us that we are a combination of dark and light, good and evil, and murderer and savior, hmm? And until we know this completely about ourselves we cannot love well, and we cannot forgive ourselves. Votes: 3

The economic message is a winner whether you're Greek, whether you're a woman, whether you're Hispanic it doesn't matter. The economic message is a winner and the fact that Obama didn't fulfill his promises is a killer for him. Votes: 3

Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. Votes: 3

There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifery. Votes: 3

Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself. Votes: 3

Philosophy is at its most engaged when it is impure. What is being recovered from the Ancient Greek model is not some lost idea of philosophy's pure essence, but the idea that philosophy is mixed up with everything else. Votes: 3

We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives so that they can carry with them the hope that their lives will get better. Votes: 3

There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character. Votes: 3

This worked out perfectly for me in college, because what nineteen-year-old Virginia boy doesn't want a wide-hipped, sarcastic Greek girl with short hair that's permed on top? What's that you say? None of them want that? You are correct. Votes: 3

Chaos does not mean total disorder. Chaos means a multiplicity of possibilities. Chaos is from the ancient Greek words that means a thing that is birthed from the void. And it was about that which is possible, not about disorder. Votes: 3

Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the work separately, and, as to the whole, the arrangement of the proportion with a view to a symmetrical result. Votes: 3

The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication. Votes: 3

It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be black or white, Greek, Russian or American. Votes: 3

I can understand the Greek idea that there are these these principles of lightening or of war or of wisdom and to embody them, to personify them into a Athena or Aries or whichever god you want makes enormous sense. Votes: 3

Cadus spoke the local Greek better than I did; they stretch the vowels here, and round them off, so that words that look the same on the written page sound as if they are spoken by a goat with catarrh. Votes: 3

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire. Votes: 3

Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. Votes: 3

I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek movie producer in Hollywood, but also a Catholic, which ruined it for both of us. Votes: 3

I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse heads or elephant's legs coming out of their chests?" Alan asked. "Next time someone tells you that, ask them to specify. Votes: 3

There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a publication of a high clergyman of Milan. Not even did Jews raise objections to that book. Votes: 3

I was very much a child of the 1960s. I protested the Vietnam War and grew up in a fairly politicized home. My father was like a cross between William Kunstler and Zorba the Greek. I grew up among left-wing lawyers. Votes: 3

The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good. Votes: 3

Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception. A lovely warm blanket as far as it covered the soul in torment, but it never quite covered everything. Votes: 3

For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful. Votes: 3

There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English. Votes: 3

I must confess the language of symbols is to me A Babylonish dialect Which learned chemists much affect; It is a party-coloured dress Of patch'd and piebald languages: 'T is English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin. Votes: 3

Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades who also happens to be Muslim, Votes: 3

One down," Beckendorf said. "About five thousand to go." He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid"”Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. Then he threw me another essential tool of demigod heroes"”duct tape Votes: 3

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of exiles. Votes: 3

I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea. Even a little of it is like manure to the soil of the mind, and makes it bear finer flowers. Votes: 3

I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, and a juvenile at the art of living. Votes: 3

Professors of Greek forget or are unaware that Thomas Aquinas, who did not know Greek, was a better interpreter of Aristotle than any of them have proved to be, not only because he was smarter but because he took Aristotle more seriously. Votes: 3

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background. Votes: 3

You think I'm cute?" He said thinkly, pulling on her hand. She was glad he couldn't see her face. "I think you're..." Beautiful. Breathtaking. Like the person in a Greek myth who makes one of the gods stop caring about being a god. Votes: 3

In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world. Votes: 3

I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the choice of the British people to come and enjoy Greece, first of all, but also that would be a sign of support. Votes: 3

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. Votes: 3

Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together. Votes: 3

A lot of women don't like when they're sort of fat, but a fat foot is as beautiful as a skinny foot. Think of Greek statues. Look how many people love the foot of the baby! There is something super-charming about the baby foot. Votes: 3

At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things. Votes: 3

I might not like the fact that you are my commander, Greek, but as a soldier I will obey you regardless of my personal distaste for your company. (Valerius) Gee, T-Red, doesn't it make you all warm and fuzzy just to be near him? (Talon) Votes: 3

Jim Rosato was recently married, to a Greek nurse. Rosato was half Irish and half Italian, and there was a pool on at the 1st as to which of the two would arrive at work wearing the other's skin as a hat within the year. Votes: 3

I'd love to say I'm an accomplished cook, but I don't have any signature dishes. I'm good at breakfast -- I make great eggs. My father gave me a little recipe. It's all in the seasoning. But it's a Greek secret. I won't give it away! Votes: 3

The way I see film is I think film is like going out to dinner. I feel it's a banquet. You don't want to have the same food you have at home. You want to go and eat a fantastic Chinese meal or Italian or Greek. Votes: 3

When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other kids were eating fried okra, we were eating steamed artichokes. So I think it played a big part in my healthy cooking. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me in the same way that the Greek myths would have been had I read them. You know, Marcia is Athena and Mr. Brady is Zeus. Votes: 3

On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett. Votes: 3

I'd love to go back to Greek times and see the birth of theater and performing, in that time. It would be so extraordinary to see the need that theater came out of, in the first place. I think we could probably all learn a bit from that. Votes: 3

As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road. Votes: 3

The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt. Votes: 2

The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and Shakespeare...neither knew chocolate. Votes: 2

Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. Votes: 2

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Votes: 2