Greek Quotes

Your dexterity seems a happy compound of the smartness of an attorney's clerk and the intrigue of a Greek of the lower empire. - Benjamin Disraeli

Young wood makes a hot fire. - Greek Proverb

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt. - Harold Macmillan

You will break the bow if you keep it always bent. - Greek Proverb

You really have to have all that in there to get a good interactive PDF coming out of Word ... It's a big issue, I'll go [into training sessions] and people will tell me they have tons of Microsoft Word training and I'll say 'OK, how do you do styles?' and they'll look at me like I'm speaking Greek. - Carl Young

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

You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears. - Greek Proverb

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. - Greek Proverb

Why does Beethoven appeal and continue to appeal? Other than the obvious (his having written great music), Beethoven communicates a credo so effectively that the listener finds the courage he needs to reaffirm his own belief in the purpose of life. Beethoven stiffens the fiber of our commitment in a language that is beauty itself, in a statement as open as a Greek temple. Friend Beethoven is the one friend we shall always have. - Lorin Maazel