Venizelos Quotes & Sayings

I'm more proud of my upper body. Let's just say I'm a typical female in that way. — Erika Christensen

The country needs someone with experience and determination to make tough decisions. All the money aside, it is important that Greece restore its reputation. — Evangelos Venizelos

Neutrality is not politics. — Eleftherios Venizelos

We only have a Plan A. The acceptance and full implementation of the existing plan, the so-called Plan A, is the best solution for Greece, for the euro zone and also for creditors and holders. — Evangelos Venizelos

I am an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy, Sir - " Venizelos felt an undeniable rush of adrenaline and pleasure as he faced the burly captain squarely " - and the Royal Manticoran Navy does not 'bluff. — David Weber

They are young, full of ambition and dreams; they are still unable to imagine that there might be a story in the world in which they are not the main characters. — Juan Gomez Barcena

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read. — Voltaire

If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow. You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering — Nhat Hanh

I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists. — Michael Parenti

Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries. — Evangelos Venizelos

Patents? Disappointed? Don't think of it that way. Software patents weren't feasible then so we chose not to risk $10,000. — Bob Frankston

Monuments obtain their full worth through their complete use. — Evangelos Venizelos

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you'd quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured. — Haruki Murakami

The streets were empty, the courtyards and gardens as if dead. In the Turkish houses depression and confusion reigned, in the Christian houses caution and distrust. But everywhere and for everyone there was fear. The entering Austrians feared an ambush. The Turks feared the Austrians. The Serbs feared both Austrians and Turks. The Jews feared everything and everyone since, especially in times of war, everyone was stronger than they. — Ivo Andric

A party should be founded not merely on numbers, but on moral principles, without which it can neither accomplish useful work nor inspire confidence. — Eleftherios Venizelos

Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, tho ... Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, though I am sure I know not what honour he could receive from me; but these sort of expressions, I find, are used as words of course, without any distinction of persons, or study of propriety. — Fanny Burney

Protect those who protect you. — Evangelos Venizelos

One cannot kick against geography! — Eleftherios Venizelos

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone. — Evangelos Venizelos

Those who have a lot of money in Greece invest in housing abroad. It's all immoral. The Greek crisis is structural, but also political. — Evangelos Venizelos

The European policy is invariably the maintenance of the status quo, and you will do nothing for the subject races unless we, by taking initiative, make you realize that helping us against the Turks is the lesser of the evils. — Eleftherios Venizelos

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time. — M. Ward

I am the head of the Socialists, but the party is not my property. — Evangelos Venizelos

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat. — Russell Crowe

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty. — Mahatma Gandhi

Voters will decide how they want to be governed. — Evangelos Venizelos

Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity of the European phenomenon. — Evangelos Venizelos

You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up. — Mike Birbiglia

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone. — Evangelos Venizelos

I love research. When there's something that I like, I want to know everything about it. I want to know exactly what was behind it, and where it went from there. — Anna Sui

There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon. — Stanislav Grof

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last. — Winston Churchill

Greece expects you not merely to die for her, for that is little, indeed; she expects you to conquer. That is why each one of you, even in dying, should be possessed by one thought alone - how to conserve your strength to the last so that those who survive may conquer.And you will conquer, I am more than sure of this. — Eleftherios Venizelos

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable. — Evangelos Venizelos