I'm drawn to a lot of tragedies, and I love a Greek tragedy.But I would think - I start thinking realistically about… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
The Greeks saw everything in forms which we are trying to ascertain as law, and classify as cause. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
That period of history has always fascinated me - Greek history, Greek mythology. — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
I would say it was [ifluence] all the Greeks and the Russian classics like [Lev] Tolstoy, [Andrey] Goncharov,[Fedor] Dostoyevsky, [Alexander] Pushkin, and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted… — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make. The love affair of my life has been with the Greek language. I have now reached… — William Golding Copy Share Image
The superiority of the Greeks seems not so much the result of climate and society, as of the simplicity of their end… — Henry Fuseli Copy Share Image
You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something -… — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
All you have to do is wear a hat, dark glasses and carry a Greek newspaper.... — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
I always read the Capitol as f—ked up pansexuality, everybody is doing everybody. Back to Greek and Roman times! It’s all happening. — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Grecian gods are like the Greeks, As keen-eyed, cold and… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy,… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
The monarchy of the Greeks for want of an heir was broken into several kingdoms; four of which, seated to the four… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“Lycurgus, who ordered that a great piece of money should be but of an inconsiderable value, on the contrary would allow no… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
When I went to Japan I sang in Japanese; when I went to Greece I sang in Greek. When I went to… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of… — Donald Kagan Copy Share Image
The principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly Just think of Rodin, how he… — John Coplans Copy Share Image