Greek Quotes · Page 20

The notion of travelling to far places in order to study alien peoples and cultures, is unique to Western man; it springs…

— George Steiner

For breakfast, I make an amazing protein shake with fruit, Greek yogurt, protein powder, flaxseed oil and honey. It's a nice way…

— Lindy Booth

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the…

— John Ruskin

But for the Jews this moral-spiritual issue raises the same societal problem it does for the Greeks: how can a man have…

— Kenny Smith

“If the interest of a scientific expositor ought to be measured by the importance of the subject, I shall be applauded for…

— Etienne-Jules Marey

The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians…

— Henry David Thoreau

You don't have to try to be contemporary. You are already contemporary. What one has in mythology is being evolved all the…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I came from a tough neighborhood. I used to be a 'dirty Greek.'

— Telly Savalas

Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not…

— Sherwin B. Nuland

It is certainly possible that the Greek economy can revive and achieve some growth over the years ahead.

— Charles Dallara

If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me.

— Homer

The Greeks used to use the same stories, the same mythology, time after time, different authors. There was no premium placed upon…

— Arthur Miller

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.

— John Eaton

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework.

— Alexis Tsipras

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

— Alphonse Karr

So my number one priority is to restore the Greek economy to an aggressive growth path.

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

My parents were only one part of my lineage. I also met a number of mentors, one of whom I nicknamed "Socrates"…

— Dan Millman

The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek…

— Gilbert Murray

First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we’re entering the Age of the Ass.

— Jean-Luc Godard

There are but two truths in the world - the Bible and Greek architecture.

— Nicholas Biddle

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.

— Gilbert Murray

If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I…

— Andrew Bird

We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children.…

— Barack Obama