#greek

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. ↗

— Thucydides

#cultivate #greeks #loss #lovers #manliness

Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside! ↗

— Morris West

#cage #drunk #ever #god #greeks

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#come #go #greek #home #i

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#discussions #good #good meal #greek #laughing

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#breed #fervent #greeks #know #me

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#always #back #blaming #crisis #financial

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#comes #famous #giving #good #good advice

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#believe #chaos #darkness #greek #greek mythology

When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war. ↗

— Nathaniel Lee

#joined #then #tug #war

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. ↗

— Karl Marx

#ending #good #greek #meet #met