Quotes about greek
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In Greek tragedy, you can't go down crying,
greek president unemployment
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. Jay Leno
greek limits facts
The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word. Gilbert Murray
greek definitions language
Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.
greek able hibernation
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg C. Lichtenberg
greek hit home life people
He really hit home with a lot of the greek system. It made people think about what greek life is really about.
greek too-much blame
Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me. Homer
greek comedy fraternity
I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000. Justin Zackham
greek catholic church
In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests. Pope Francis
greek shields empires
Come back with your shield - or on it Plutarch
greek doctrine narrative
Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical method of exegesis. By this, as Erdmann observes, the Bible narrative was found to contain a deeper, and particularly an allegorical interpretation, in addition to its literal interpretation; this was not conscious disingenuousness but a natural mode of amalgamating the Greek philosophic with the Hebraic doctrines. Philo
greek despair lines
Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. Elizabeth Gilbert
greek financial blame
Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response. Lawrence Summers
greek vex dutch
I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch— I said it in German and Greek; But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) That English is what you speak! Lewis Carroll
greek enthusiasm definitions
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. Madame de Stael
greek bitter satire
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem. John Dryden
greek black myth
There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. John Major
greek age boyhood
Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood. Karl Kraus
greek heroic
A heroic nature is very Greek. Patrick Wilson
greek-yogurt honey my-favorite
My favorite power food is Greek yogurt and honey. Misty May-Treanor
greek looks attractive
I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them. Nia Vardalos
greek quality world
If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted its qualities. Neville Cardus
greek care matter
In matters pertaining to the care of life there has been no marked gain over Greek and Roman antiquity. Mary Ritter Beard
greek ready euro
Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. Mario Monti
greek littles far-away
II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Mads Mikkelsen
greek tragedy actresses
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. Patricia Neal
greek facts modern
Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism. Oscar Wilde
greek jimmy lose maybe might odds south
There is the odds factor. Maybe Jimmy the Greek could tell you that. If I play South Brunswick 10 times, I might lose five.
greek trying experience
That is the ultimate synthesis - when Zorba becomes a Buddha. I am trying to create here not Zorba the Greek but Zorba the Buddha. Rajneesh
greek contentment wealth
He is the richest who is content with the least. Socrates
greek soldier might
I might not like the fact that you are my commander, Greek, but as a soldier I will obey you regardless of my personal distaste for your company. (Valerius) Gee, T-Red, doesn’t it make you all warm and fuzzy just to be near him? (Talon) Sherrilyn Kenyon
greek use want
His scowl returned. "Why, if they're supposed to be Greek, are all of them speaking with an English accent?" She laughed. "Didn't you know that British is, like, the universal 'foreign' language in Hollywood? They use it in any movie where they want to have a foreign feel to it, regardless of where it's set
greek secret levels
It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level. Nicolas Cage