Mercouri Melina Quotes & Sayings

I want to believe in a personal god who looks after me and my loved ones and knows every sparrow that falls. But the suffering of one single child, or more likely, millions is evidence against that belief. The one question I want to ask god: how do you explain or justify the suffering of a child? — Melina Mercouri

We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be. — Denis Kearney

Harry could not stand this, he could not stand being Harry anymore. . . . He had never felt more trapped inside his own head and body, never wished so intensely that he could be somebody - anybody - else. . . — J.K. Rowling

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation? — Melina Mercouri

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles. — Melina Mercouri

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back. — Melina Mercouri

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon. — Melina Mercouri

Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much. — Susan Faludi

Relations are errors that Nature makes. / Your spouse you can put on the shelf. / But your friends, dear friends, are the quaint mistakes / You always commit yourself. — Phyllis McGinley

I am firmly of the opinion that people who can't speak have nothing to say. It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues ... allow them a language as lousy as their life — William H Gass

We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present. — Melina Mercouri

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists
we have friends instead. — Melina Mercouri

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. — Melina Mercouri

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots. — Melina Mercouri

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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

Dry land is not a myth. I've seen it. Kevin Costner. Waterworld. I don't know what the big fuss is about. I saw that movie nine times. It rules! — Jim Carrey

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments. — Melina Mercouri

There are secrets that ravage you, others that make you stronger. — Christa Wolf

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

I am not afraid of the word tension. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I can not forget Melina Mercouri in black dress at 'Never on Sunday'. — Jean Paul Gaultier

Ever will some new evil be hatched in Angband beyond the guess of Elves and Men, — J.R.R. Tolkien

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge or condemn us; He is near to comfort, protect, guide, encourage, strengthen, cleanse, and help. — Billy Graham

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures. — Melina Mercouri

Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves. — Melina Mercouri