#greek

Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian - we are an emotional bunch. It is where we laughed, cried and yelled - but most importantly, where we bonded and connected. ↗

— Michael Symon

#bonded #bunch #connected #cried #dinner

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. ↗

— Jose Marti

#beautiful #being #contains #every #god

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. ↗

— Karl Marx

#ending #good #greek #meet #met

I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. ↗

— George Michael

#any #between #connection #ethnic #felt

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks. ↗

— Mario Monti

#banks #creditors #done #france #french

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. ↗

— Mario Monti

#greeks #necessary #ready #stay #whatever

I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#am #away #confused #cook #dish

As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#country #doing #enough #feel #greek

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#co-operation #consensus #crossroads #crucial #decisive

I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#also #am #competitiveness #confident #crisis