Athens Quotes

82 quotes by 67 authors

The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um,… — Alton Brown
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. — Alcuin
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. — Edith Hamilton
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. — Marian Dragulescu
My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty… — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence. — John Milton
What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to… — Benjamin Disraeli
Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly like acetylene gas. and that… — Evelyn Waugh
I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden was not a… — Gianluca Basile
What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful and continued to connect with… — Kerri Walsh
What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against tyranny of their… — Alexander Hamilton
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who… — Thucydides
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world. — Socrates
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are… — Plato
Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall… — Socrates
The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens… — Gavin de Becker
The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny. — Camille Paglia
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some… — David Brainerd
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and… — Isocrates
I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew… — Cathy Freeman

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