Greece Quotes

Greece Quote of the day

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

If you deconstruct Greece, you will in the end see an olive tree, a grapevine, and a boat remain. That is, with as much, you reconstruct her.

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.

Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and] I have been appointed leader of the Greeks.

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?

We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-organizing the state.

The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece.

I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times

In Greece, the unemployment rate has risen to 22%. The solution to the problem was to raise taxes on the rich, according to the Greek president Barack Obama-opolis.

Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.

Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.

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

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.

Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.

Greece is the most magical place on Earth.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.

Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece.

I judge wisely...as if nothin ever surprise me, Loungin, between two pillars of ivory. I'm lively, my dome piece is like buildin stones in Greece. My poems are deep, from ancient thrones I speak.

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.

Every sensible banker understands that Greece should not have received any more money: a bankrupt state that can never be expected to repay loans is not a good debtor.

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."

Greece is not a country that can be humiliated. It is a matter of finding an intersection between the reasonable elements of both sides [EU and Greece] which has to be done.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all immigrated from Greece. I hope eventually we have proper immigration.

...like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance.

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.

A tipping point is invisible, as we just saw in Greece. In most situations, everything appears fine until it's not fine, until, for example, no one shows up at a Treasury auction.

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

The light of Greece opened my eyes, penetrated my pores, expanded my whole being.

I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.

All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

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

Greece is a good place for rebirths.