After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

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

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

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

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.

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?

When you begin to expect miracles, Jesus feels insulted.

We climbed the stairs to the third floor, where Osama bin Laden died early in the morning of May 2, 2011.

Is every moment of our lives built into us before we're born? If it is, does it make us less responsible for the things we do, or is the responsibility built in too?

I write every day for two hours. But it's what I do for the other twenty-two hours that allows me to write.

Reimbursement may be sometimes small, but then great ability can never be measured by the tickets at the gate.

I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!

Once the country was settled and built, the bosses changed the order from a stack of educated workers to a barrel of minimum wage lottery dreamers.

I can make the stars dance

I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than ... intellectual, abstract understanding.