Greekness Quotes & Sayings

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice as difficult as writing either history or fiction. — Philippa Gregory

The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. — Edward Dmytryk

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations. — Benjamin Disraeli

You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness. — Melina Mercouri

Only your surface is disturbed; in your deepness there is stillness and total tranquility. — Bryant McGill

What better medicine is there than a cat? — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam. — Eliza Cook

This can't be true but I remember it. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness. — Frances Perkins