Quotes About Greece

See how exciting Anthropology is? He's a leading expert in ancient Greece. Now you should all change your majors so that you can ogle men like him all day long. Or better yet, uncover naked male statues. (Tory) Was that necessary? (Acheron) Hey, I live to recruit students for the department. If I can make you good for something, then by golly I'm going to do it. (Tory)

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.

Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.' To live alone?' To live. With what you are.

That Hadrian's profound Hellenophilia and his love of travelling, the two major driving impulses of his reign, were closely linked is clear. That his early experiences of Greece were formative in a different way – one which was to have considerable resonances for his spiritual curiosity and what was perhaps an innate predisposition to melancholy – is less well known.

The earliest and most abiding influence on Hadrian was his love of Greece. It is here, and with Hadrian's intention to create a new golden age, that the uniqueness of his reign and legacy begins.

The Academy's most famous dropout was raised in Macedonia, the Texas of ancient Greece.

I have big belief in the Greek real estate market. We live in a lovely country and we need to make investing in Greek real estate more attractive.

We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.

I think there will be no government bankruptcy in Greece.

Greece's debt is going to be a function of a lot of factors down the road.

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

Greece is the most magical place on Earth.

Britain is less European-minded than Greece.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.

Greece has to stay in the euro.

Starting in Greece, you couldn't really say, 'I'm going to become a film-maker.' A 15-year-old boy in Greece in the '80s and '90s? There was nothing like that happening.

There's much more activity in England than in Greece. Or at least there's a lot more development, which obviously brings another set of problems.

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn't really a reality.

It was always hard to make films in Greece, but making them with friends made it possible.

I made three films in Greece, and they're made under very specific, very limited conditions.

I love Greece. It's really cool in the summer.

Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is basically getting away from all the talk.