Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah,… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Someone might say about a person, "Oh, they are a 'Westerner." But who are Westerners? Greek, Bulgarian, German, English, Scandinavian, Spanish, American,… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
The universal basis for the categorisation 'woman' will, no doubt, be constantly shifting but it is important not to deny it's existence… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The sacred writings excepted, no Greek has been so much read and so variously translated as Euclid. — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. — C. P. Scott Copy Share Image
But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
The epoch of doubt and transition during which the Greeks passed from the dim fancies of mythology to the fierce light of… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating. — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Creation stories, so central in the religions of the Middle East, play a surprisingly marginal part in Greek myth. The Greeks had… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
ABC Family is ready to get a new image for themselves, and I think 'Greek' really kind of started that change. — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
The truth is that we are a part of God. God could not have created anything except out of his own consciousness.… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
“I left them to it, the pointing of fingers on maps, the tracing of mountain villages, the tracks and contours on maps… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image