Academy Quote by Giorgos Seferis

“We honor the Greeks because in their art, literature, philosophy and civic history we discern the early stirrings of our own ideals—rationalism, humanism, democracy—which…

— Caroline Alexander

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

— Barack Obama

We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would…

— Barack Obama

“they had a tradition of greater solidarity. Greek was hostile to Greek; Jew stood by Jew. Wherever a Jew went, he found men of…

— H.G. Wells

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded…

— Guglielmo Marconi

“Unlike at the Academy or the Lyceum, women, some of them concubines and mistresses, as well as a few slaves, joined the conversation; further,…

— Epicurus

Greece is so beautiful and inspiring.

— Joe Bonamassa

The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I had the privilege of living in Greece in the early 1970s.

— Charles Dallara

I think, a lot of my career and my life before I went to Sweden, I felt like I was trying to be someone…

— Christen Press

Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.' To live alone?' To live. With what you are.

— John Fowles

I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my high appreciation of the honour extended to me many years ago by the Royal…

— Guglielmo Marconi