In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
It has been a fantastic journey. I have gone to five Games, broke the Olympics record in 2004 in Athens and won… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
Such is beauty ever,-neither here nor there, now nor then,-neither in Rome nor in Athens, but wherever there is a soul to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The disabusing a man strongly possessed with an opinion of his own worth is the very same ill office that was done… — Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Copy Share Image
“Across the distance, the Acropolis museum cradled within its protective walls its legendary treasures, lulling them to a peaceful sleep under the… — Effrosyni Moschoudi Copy Share Image
The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to… — Gary Calamar Copy Share Image
I am afraid that, like Timon of Athens, I just cannot let go of my friendships. — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China. — Shan Sa Copy Share Image
“Do people even look at one another?" "Not really. Everything that matters is on your screen. There's an agenda that rearranges itself.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The way some German politicians have lashed out at Greece when the country fell into the crisis has left deep wounds there.… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the… — Harold Urey Copy Share Image
“Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
As a 12-year-old when I won my first gold in Athens, I wanted people to know what the Paralympic games were. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
