Country Quote by Peter Levi

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.

— Gilbert Murray

I would love with all my heart to be able to speak Greek, classical or modern or both. It is a beautiful language, both…

— Sarah Monette

Greece is so beautiful and inspiring.

— Joe Bonamassa

It is great to be Greek, because I have one of the best heritages in the world.

— Demis Roussos

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole…

— Alice Oswald

“Greece is internationally famous for three reasons. First it has more islands than people. Second, it used to be a part of Turkey. Third,…

— Fatima Bhutto

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

The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature…

— James Monroe

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 think Greek is a really tough language to learn.

— Maria Sakkari

Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.

— Nancy Mitford