But the sages of Greece and Rome turned aside from the awful spectacle, and, pursuing the ordinary occupations of life and study,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
In my Pantheon, Pan still reigns in his pristine glory, with his ruddy face, his flowing beard, and his shaggy body, his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in… — John Major Copy Share Image
Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
“But now, as it is, sorrows, unending sorrows must surge within your heart as well—for your own son’s death. Never again will… — Homer Copy Share Image
As for Aliki - if you were to stand in the middle of Rome and say the name Sophia Loren, or Paris… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
The idea that the object of constitutions is not to confirm the predominance of any interest, but to prevent it; to preserve… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
My life in Greece influenced what I am. My father was in the left because he was against the king and his… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
And so, inevitably, one returns to the centre of Western culture, Greece, and we have never, in any sense, lost our ties… — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
Few footprints of the great remain in the sand before the ever-flowing tide. Long ago it washed out Homer's. Curiosity follows him… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
The type of cuisine I do, especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years, is a lot of global cuisine. My… — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
The European Union is a union of the extreme center. It's a banker's union. You see how they operate in country after… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it.… — Seamus Dever Copy Share Image
When I went to Japan I sang in Japanese; when I went to Greece I sang in Greek. When I went to… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
There remain of Europe, first, Macedonia and the part of Thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as Byzantium;… — Strabo Copy Share Image
The great pagan world of which Egypt and Greece were the last living termsonce had a vast and perhaps perfect science of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
If you were the government you would get the people being angry and trying to find hope to believe something new again.… — Eva Kaili Copy Share Image
Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
[I had a sense of interior panic].Always. I didn't really know what to call it for a long time, but I have… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
It's the reason why so many people left Britain like I did in the mid 60s because Britain was exactly the same… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
If we were the problem, it would be very convenient - kick Greece out, everything's fine. What would happen to Spain, what… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
“…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always… — Homer Copy Share Image
It is now necessary to face the truth and to acknowledge against all prejudices that the struggle that the Albanian tribe is… — Dimitrije Tucovic Copy Share Image
Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Acting is a trick word invented in the festival of Dionysus, before Christ, in Greece at a fertility festival. That's where theatre… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; The next,… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
There's a lot of things we can do to balance out what Obama's done and going forward show the American people the… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Ancient of days! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone--glimmering through the dream of things… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Like a girl, a baby running after her mother, begging to be picked up, and she tugs on her skirts, holding her… — Homer Copy Share Image
One of the big problems in America's economic polarization and shrinkage is that pensions can't be paid. So there are going to… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Until he [man] has become fully human, until he learns to conduct himself as a member of the earth, he will continue… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
![“[I had a sense of interior panic].Always. I didn't really know what to call it for a long time, but I have a friend in Greece who used that word panic a lot, and I found myself resisting it, until I totally accepted that as a precise description of my interior condition. It was mostly panic from…” quote by Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ada/leonard-cohen-448_accepted_i-had-a-sense-of-interior-panic-always-i_1827274.jpg)
![“Until he [man] has become fully human, until he learns to conduct himself as a member of the earth, he will continue to create gods who will destroy him. The tragedy of Greece lies not in the destruction of a great culture but in the abortion of a great vision.” quote by Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b6f/henry-miller-179_abortion_until-he-man-has-become-fully-human-unti_1368856.jpg)
