Quotes by greek authors

I never knew that I would even be making English-language films. Yorgos Lanthimos

Films Would Never Knew Making Even

I don't make long-term plans, for sure. Yorgos Lanthimos

Long-Term Make Sure Plans

I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking. Yorgos Lanthimos

Character Sometimes Action Enjoy Focusing Scene Main Talking Doing Actually

The first time I was paid was with 'The Lobster,' because with the Greek films, we just had to pay ourselves - work for free while making commercials in order to survive. Yorgos Lanthimos

In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance. Yorgos Lanthimos

Language Transformation Performance Like Goes Film Image

I think children are really violent with each other often. Yorgos Lanthimos

Think Other Often Children Really Each Violent

The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone. Yorgos Lanthimos

If actors are trying to convey, in a smart way, the context of the scene, that becomes too self-conscious. Yorgos Lanthimos

Smart Too Way Scene Self-Conscious Becomes Context Trying Convey Actor

Everybody has a love/hate relationship with their own country. Yorgos Lanthimos

Relationship Country Own Everybody

I used to be quite negative about going back to Greece and making something, but there is a certain kind of freedom that I've experienced while I was making films in Greece that is hard to replicate elsewhere. Yorgos Lanthimos

Freedom Negative Films Elsewhere Back Kind About Something Making Greece Replicate Going Quite Experienced While Certain Used Hard

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. Xenophanes

Wise Man Wise Man Recognize Takes

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim. Xenophon

Beer Water Strong Drank Saw Those Out Drink Reed Were Very Vessel Which Held Used Barley Who Swim Agreeable

A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount. Xenophon

Great Army Before Running Running Away Shackled Prevent Horse Horses Generally He Put Tied Housing His Subject Mount Persian Fix Being Happens Them Then Bridle Away Alarm Inconvenience

Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it. Xenophon

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen. Xenophon

Great Learning Opportunity Men Seen Nothing Great Men Brought Court Heard Up Persia Where Children Modesty Ever

Cyrus was observed to have more docility than any of his years and to show more submission to those of an advanced age than any other children, though of a condition inferior to his own. Xenophon

Age Submission Own Other Those Though More Advanced Observed His Years Condition Than Inferior Any Children Show

You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible. Xenophon

Strength You Victory Side Neither Give Attacks Generally Know Greatest Nor Gods Irresistible Which Assistance Numbers Resolution

I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education. Xenophon

Education Teacher Will Pleasing Pupil Maintain Venture Where