Quotes of: Ancient-greeks Keyword

If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy, it would be wrong for the European economy, it would make things worse in the end. That's why we're taking the pain and making these str...

George Papandreou

In college, I was a researcher/writer for 'Let's Go: Europe,' assigned to Crete and Cyprus. I was supposed to go to England, but at the last minute they transferred me, despite the fact that I spoke not a word of Greek. I learned the very basics, and...

Julia Quinn

John Mason: Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. Stanley Goodspeed: "I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." John Mason: Ah, an educated man. [Stanley gives a modest wave] John Mason: That, of course, rules out the possibility of you being a field a...

The Rock

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 t...

Sarah Jones

There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English.

Anne Carson

Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill mess...

Alexander the Great

The ancient teaching of Tao tells us that knowing what you really are is wisdom, and living it is virtue.

Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential

He gains the farthest reaches where the ache of our most ancient absence lay.

Compass of Affection: Poems New and Selected

The cold stars spun to the ancient rhythm, the august march of an everlasting symphony. They are old, the stars, and their memory is long.

The Curse of the Wendigo

there are men who are ancient and determined enemies of the Church of Rome who live in perpetual hope of its destruction

The Devil Will Come

You can become even a co-creator of this universe... an assurance coming from the Ancient Wisdom; provided you bear an appropriate WILL...

Destiny Re scripted

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself." -

Eat, Pray, Love

To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue. The modern world, in comparison, ignores it.

The Four Loves

Humanity is ancient And so is its wisdom too… Share in its brilliance in everything that you do!

Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.

Jerry Saltz

Congrats, bro. You've just sold your soul to the devil. Wait. You don't have a soul.

Ancient Legends: The Complete Collection

The Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of the ancient mythologists, accommodated to the purposes of power and revenue; and .

The Age of Reason

There is a falling from the sky The sacred hoop is broken But different hands with different voice Hear the ancient songs And soon All men will see That truth and justice Must Prevail.

Honor and Remembrance

Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies.

Innocence

Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.

The Mark of Athena