186 Greek Quotes for You to Enjoy

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it. S. Jay Olshansky

Physician Ancient Arabic Immortality Seductive Physical Sought Hindus Greek Century Believed

Whether you're talking about Shakespeare or, you know, if you look at Greek tragedies. I mean, every playwright, every songwriter, every artist who's ever sat down and been moved to create something, has been living in a context. A political moment that's most often reflected in their work. Even if you're, you know, kind of a nature poet. Sarah Jones

Work Nature You Political Poet Down Living Every Playwright Has-Been Kind About Something Shakespeare Songwriter Know Look Most Talking Context Been Tragedies Reflected Greek Artist Often Moved Whether Mean Create Moment Sat Even Ever

I like to cook simple things, like vegetable egg-white omelets; roast chicken; sauteed chicken breast with curry powder; and Greek salad. Just things that are fresh and healthy and fast and easy, because I have such a crazy schedule. Sasha Cohen

The business of being told to earn a dollar, that no one is going to give you anything - that was kind of my mantra throughout my childhood, and now it's in my adult life. I find that people really tend to relate to the immigrant father, whether he be Italian, Greek, Spanish or whatever. Sebastian Maniscalco

Life You Business People Father Whatever Relate Earn Immigrant Kind Find Give Tend Throughout Adult Adult Life No-One He Dollar Italian Greek Going Childhood Being Anything Whether Spanish Really Mantra Now

Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. Sherwin B. Nuland

Consistency Rules Those All Things Logos About Study Demand Sport Referring Greek Timid Disease Order Meaning Certainly Things

There was a Greek restaurant, the only place we could get Italian food. All of us Italians and many others from other parts of Europe used to go there, and Rajiv and his friends also. Some of his group knew some of my group, and we met just like that. Sonia Gandhi

Food Met Italian Food Group Other Others Restaurant Some Only Could Knew Like Also Parts Go His Italian Italians Friends Greek Get Just Place Us Used Europe Many

NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology. Steve Sabol

Creative People Vision Films Back Had Mythology Like Read Go Years Continuous Timeless Greek Greek Mythology Just Stories Capture Things

I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to me, so the murmuring Greek chorus of a hashtag might be a perfect way to liven them up and give them a bit of dimension. Susan Orlean

Me Twitter Other Considered Way Bit Dimension Seemed Give Perfect Inspired Never Had Messages Always Text Up Greek Than Flat Anywhere Little Them Might Using Chorus Now Murmuring

The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here. Tariq Ali

Democracy Culture Political Citizen First Politicians Military Way India Born Economic Idea Institutions Were Subject Greek Antiquity Anything China Hegemony Creating Whole Here

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy. Theodore White

Quality Intelligence Grace Mercy Sense Live Classical How Greek Bravery

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations. Tim Blake Nelson

Education History Broad Philosophy Latin Ancient Find Classics Civilizations Could Lifelong Studying Most Greek Get Roman Wanted Meaning Foundation

Pollution is everywhere, in that ancient Greek sense of miasma: guilt experienced as abject body fluid, moral pollution defining what kinds of beings count in social space. Timothy Morton

Space Fluid Guilt Sense Everywhere Defining Ancient Moral Kinds Abject Count Greek Experienced Pollution Social Body Beings

I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for a rational age. Tom Wolfe

Age Myth Think Evolution Rational Myths Like Greek Anybody Created

I wanted to learn Latin and Greek and become a poet and acquire power over language. I only understand this clearly in retrospect, that my ability to study came from a hunger to learn all the resources of articulation. Tony Harrison

My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married. Troy Polamalu

Wife Before Christian Married Got Greek

The ancient Greek philosophers were blonde and blue-eyed and, even then, talked about how their race was mixed with others and how this affected their society negatively. When there were no more natural blondes and no more blue eyes in Greece, they incidentally stopped producing great philosophers. Varg Vikernes

Great Eyes Natural Society Others Negatively Philosophers Ancient About More Talked How Were Mixed Affected Blonde Blondes Greece Greek Blue Blue Eyes Blue-Eyed Stopped Race Then Producing Even

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English. Victor Hugo

Great Language Latin Possess Gulf Poetry Splendid Prose Between French French Language Privilege Greek Any Difference Literary Languages English Hardly

Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they've just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there's going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe. Vince Cable

Needs You People First Think Would More Economic Argue Take Steps Know Most Well Principle Accepting Said Reduction Issue Integration Debt Greek Begun Closer Done Front Going Just Much Europe Grasped

The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication. Wil S. Hylton

Life Justice Corruption Son Wealth Victim Almost Demons His Falls Tragedy Very Privilege Greek Ascendant Social Us Social Justice Moment Vindication Among Inner Lurking

Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism. Yanis Varoufakis

Government Debate Though Carried Critic Marxism Adviser His Greece Greek Public Turned Europe Even Resigned Early

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

Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes. Yotam Ottolenghi

Some Stirred Greek Yogurt Oil Dishes Transform Many Olive Olive Oil

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics. Zach Galifianakis

Politics Family Coffee Our Background Carolina Constantly About Drink Drink Coffee Talk Talked Always Were Debates Blood Up Greek North North Carolina Being Growing Growing Up

The closer we come to the Greek tragedy that is Brexit, the more horrifying it is to behold. Gina Miller

Horrifying More Come Tragedy Greek Closer Behold Brexit

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