#greek

Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#county #greek #live #look #mean

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

#dictionaries #dominated #grammar #greek #language

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time. ↗

— Emil Nolde

#art #beautiful #believes #days #egyptians

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism. ↗

— Barack Obama

#believe #british #brits #greek #greeks

Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#cannot #consistently #defend #envisaged #euro

The economic message is a winner whether you're Greek, whether you're a woman, whether you're Hispanic it doesn't matter. The economic message is a winner and the fact that Obama didn't fulfill his promises is a killer for him. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#fact #fulfill #greek #him #his

The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#ancient greeks #course #either #examined #fascinating

There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#again #character #ever #every #greek

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #am #ancient #asked #assigned

The Greek people today voted for Greece to remain on its European path and in the eurozone. ↗

— Antonis Samaras

#eurozone #greece #greek #greek people #path