“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to… — Sulari Gentill Copy Share Image
Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports,… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact… — Lucas Papademos Copy Share Image
“for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home he may… — Homer Copy Share Image
Cacus.” I’d had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn’t know. It’s a skill of mine.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I'd love to go back to Greek times and see the birth of theater and performing, in that time. It would be… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/plato_4.htmlixzz1bRZ5zZp1 — Plato Copy Share Image
Throughout history, every great warrior-the Greeks, the Samurais, the American Indians, the Mongolians, you name it-had long hair and would dress it… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000. — Justin Zackham Copy Share Image
It is no accident that banks resemble temples, preferably Greek, and that the supplicants who come to perform the rites of deposit… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Antique art has come down to us in a fragmentary condition, and we have virtuously adapted our taste to this necessity. Almost… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The Greek people today voted for Greece to remain on its European path and in the eurozone. — Antonis Samaras Copy Share Image
We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the… — Frank E. Gaebelein Copy Share Image
We're living in a Dark Age of macroeconomics. Remember, what defined the Dark Ages wasn’t the fact that they were primitive —… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I did have the resource of having taught Greek mythology and the history of Western civilization, and you can go back into… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
Even hidden in the most squalid Parisian halls, wrestling partakes of the nature of the great solar spectacles, Greek drama and bullfights:… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's… — Karen Duffy Copy Share Image
“Being consulted again whether it were requisite to enclose the city with a wall, [Lycurgus] sent them word, 'The city is well… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong.… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
