Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which… — Daniel D. Palmer Copy Share Image
I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“Very good, Jason Grace," Notus said. "You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the… — Rick Riordan 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
I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch— I said it in German and Greek; But I wholly forgot (and it… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and… — William Jones Copy Share Image
Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole --… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. — E. V. Lucas Copy Share Image
I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
If some should accuse us as if we held that people born before the time of Christ were not accountable to God… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
Women are like those blinkin' little Greek islands, places to call at but not to stay. — Stacy Aumonier Copy Share Image
“The wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
