The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Wonderful, Annabeth thought. Her own mother, the most levelheaded Olympian, was reduced to a raving, vicious scatterbrain in a subway station. And,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?" — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Επιθυμίες Σαν σώματα ωραία νεκρών που δεν εγέρασαν και τάκλεισαν, με δάκρυα, σε μαυσωλείο λαμπρό, με ρόδα στο κεφάλι και στα πόδια… — Constantine P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
While Barack Obama was making his latest pitch for a brand new, even more unsustainable entitlement at the health care 'summit,' thousands… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.' — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Blind hope. Blind hope is all we have. There's a Greek tragedy called Prometheus Bound; Prometheus is the [titan] that gave humans… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,'… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
For me Esoteric Hitlerism is being possessed by the archetypes of the collective unconscious which the Greeks used to call gods. — Miguel Serrano Copy Share Image
“When someone blamed Hecataeus the sophist because that, being invited to the public table, he had not spoken one word all supper-time,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages -… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.] — Juvenal Copy Share Image
I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image
“There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a… — Salley Vickers Copy Share Image
The Greek people do not want to exit the euro, and I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
... where the Greeks had modesty, we have cant; where they had poetry, we have cant; where they had patriotism, we have… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
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