#greek

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. ↗

— John Ruskin

#art #because #call #existent #false

NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#capture #continuous #creative #films #go

When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me in the same way that the Greek myths would have been had I read them. You know, Marcia is Athena and Mr. Brady is Zeus. ↗

— George Saunders

#brady #bunch #family #greek #had

The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#carried #first #french #grammar #greeks

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#did #everything #family #gets #gods

Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. ↗

— C. P. Scott

#good #greek #half #latin #television

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#cheaper #easter #get #greek #later

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#among #definition #enthusiasm #god #greeks

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#courageous #decided #done #equal #greek

I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature. ↗

— George Tenet

#greek #i #nature