Country Quote by Nancy Mitford

Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a…

— George Papandreou

Everyone should be proud of where they come from. It's easy to love Greece, though.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including…

— Noam Chomsky

Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.

— Mark Twain

Over the last few years, Greece has been in the world spotlight for all the wrong reasons - because of its economic crisis, and…

— Dakis Joannou

Greece is who I am. I bleed blue. I don't understand how some guys don't feel that way about their country.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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

— John Fowles

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

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

— Curt Flood

What, ultimately, is Greece if it is not the people who live in this country? It's not the mountains and the plains.

— Alexis Tsipras