England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on…

There's much more activity in England than in Greece. Or at least there's a lot more development, which obviously brings another set of problems.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and]…

— Arrian

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

— Melina Mercouri

Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.

— Melina Mercouri

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece…

— Melina Mercouri

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

— Melina Mercouri

From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks

— H. P. Blavatsky

If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.

— Frances McDormand

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

— Andrew Wiles

“Even the Greeks—the so called champions of democracy—voted without ever allowing a single woman into the process.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

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

— Willem de Kooning

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.

— Evangelos Venizelos

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

— Neil MacGregor

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

— Barack Obama