Accident Quote by Anne Carson

I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

— Tony Harrison

When I first started studying Greek, one of my absolute favorite parts was realizing that so many English words had these old, secret roots.…

— Madeline Miller

I was spending most of my summers in Greece when I was a little girl, and at boarding school my first room-mate was Greek,…

— Marie-Chantal Claire

When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.

— Alice Oswald

I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea. Even a…

— Sara Coleridge

I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."]

— Augusten Burroughs

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

— Brian Lumley

From that moment, I did not cease to pray to God that by his grace it might one day be permitted to me to…

— Heinrich Schliemann

The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where…

— William Scott

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

— William Shakespeare

I think Greek is a really tough language to learn.

— Maria Sakkari

For my part, it was Greek to me.

— William Shakespeare