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You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest. — Walter Matthau
Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot of that, and… — Emma Thompson
You know the Greeks didnt write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died, ‘Did he have passion?’ — Jeremy Piven
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. — Patricia Neal
Eureka is Greek for ‘this bath is too hot’. — Tom Baker
I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games. — Isabelle Fuhrman
First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we’re entering the Age of the Ass. — Jean-Luc Godard
What is the single most important thing for a company? Is it the building? Is it the stock? Is it the turnover? It’s the people,… — Ricky Gervais
My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy. — Cat Cora
If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where… — Michio Kaku
And it's a crime because the great plays of history, going all the way back to the Greeks, are part of everybody's heritage. It's just… — Tony Randall
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
I'm addicted to Jack's Wife Freda, a South African - Jewish-inspired restaurant founded by my brother Dean and his amazing wife, Maya. The vibe is… — Unknown Author
The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid. — Unknown Author
We look at the ancient Greeks with their gods on a mountain top throwing lightning bolts and say, 'Those ancient Greeks. They were so silly.… — Paul Provenza
I think the Greek New Testament is the strongest and most successful misreading of a great prior text in the entire history of influence. — Harold Bloom
Greek architecture taught me that the column is where the light is not, and the space between is where the light is. It is a… — Louis Kahn
That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that… — Henry David Thoreau
They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you. — Themistocles
I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow… — Helen Keller
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen,… — Hippocrates
Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek who… — Reza Aslan
The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught… — Philip K. Dick
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One… — William Dean Howells

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