Greek Quotes - Page 40

• Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand either the aims or achievements of mathematics in the last 50 years. [Said in 1950]

  Hermann Weyl

  Years, Achievement, Experience

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• Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular things.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Math, Science, Firsts

  Alfred North Whitehead (1958). “An Introduction to Mathematics”, p.7, New York : Oxford University Press, 1958 [c1948]

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• The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In this engaging and provocative book, Eldon Taylor provides his readers with specific ways in which their beliefs can lead to success or failure in their life undertakings. Each chapter provides nuggets of wisdom as well as road maps for guiding them toward greater self-understanding, balance, responsibility, and compassion.

  Stanley Krippner

  Book, Believe, Responsibility

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• Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the
  contemplation of the divine; but with a prophetic eye we may see that the garden will often be dedicated in a
  like manner: at a later time Greek philosophers, and monks in early Christian days, will retire into their
  gardens for united, yet silent, contemplation.

  Marie-Luise Gothein

  Life, Christian, Time

  Marie-Luise Gothein, Walter P Wright (1979). “History of Garden Art: Originally published in two volumes”, p.29, Gardenvisit.com

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• To us it seems incredible that the Greek philosophers should have scanned so deeply into right and wrong and yet never noticed the immorality of slavery. Perhaps 3000 years from now it will seem equally incredible that we do not notice the immorality of our own oppression of animals.

  Brigid Brophy

  Equality, Animal, Should Have

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• Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

  Eric Johnston

  Art, Drama, Firsts

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• The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right.

  Avery Brundage

  Athlete, Games, Kept Woman

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• On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.

  Nia Vardalos

  Wedding, Real, Average

  "Dear Nia Vardalos, I Think You're Pretty Much Fabulous" by Sarah Jio, www.glamour.com. June 15, 2009.

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• What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.

  Nia Vardalos

  Attitude, Wish, Littles

  "TriBeCa Interview: My Life In Ruins with Nia Vardalos". Interview with Matthew-Lee Erlbach, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2009.

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• I have never come across someone who could inspire more respect than the Greek philosophers.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspire, Philosopher, Greek Philosopher

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• It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

  Francois Rabelais

  Study, Ancient, Shame

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• Paul indeed wanted to reveal the unknown God to the philosophers and then affirms of Him, that no human intellect can conceive Him. Therefore, God is revealed therein, that one knows that every intellect is too small to make itself a figuration or concept of Him. However, he names him God, or in Greek, theos.

  Nicholas of Cusa

  Names, Philosopher, Intellect

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• Blind hope. Blind hope is all we have. There's a Greek tragedy called Prometheus Bound; Prometheus is the [titan] that gave humans fire. He's chained to a rock and bemoaning his fate and saying, "I gave you everything. By giving you fire, I gave you blind hope. By giving you a little light that kept you warm at night, I let you believe that this was all going to be okay." For me, that's what art has been. Music and books, it's an act of hope to make them, and it's an act of hope to listen to them. That hope will be dashed, you will say goodbye.

  Torquil Campbell

  Goodbye, Art, Believe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You get most out of walking by going along briskly, swinging the arms and breathing deeply. It also helps promote the circulation of blood to the brain. The Greek philosophers promenaded as they philosophized.

  Paul Dudley White

  Blood, Breathing, Brain

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• Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the Greek dramatist, of a saviour and redeemer to unloose man from the 'primal eldest curse'. All these were on the Gentile side of the expectation. What separates Christ from all men is that first He was expected; even the Gentiles had a longing for a deliverer, or redeemer. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other religious leaders.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Wise, Religious, Kings

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• We should not be borrowing money from the Chinese to bail out the Greeks. What's coming next? Intergalactic bailouts?

  Jeb Hensarling

  Chinese, Bail, Next

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• The word 'idiot' comes from a Greek root meaning private person. Idiocy is the female defect: intent on their private lives, women follow their fate through a darkness deep as that cast by malformed cells in the brain. It is no worse than the male defect, which is lunacy: men are so obsessed by public affairs that they see the world as by moonlight, which shows the outlines of every object but not the details indicative of their nature.

  Rebecca West

  Fate, Men, Cells

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.

  Jack Nicholson

  Sports, Philosophy, Thinking

  "What I've Learned: Jack Nicholson" by Mile Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• There are but two truths in the world - the Bible and Greek architecture.

  Nicholas Biddle

  Two, World, Architecture

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• The biblical authors wrote of God's sovereignty over His world, and of man's experiences within that world, using such modes of speech about the natural order and human experience as were current in their days, and in a language that was common to themselves and their contemporaries. This is saying no more than that they wrote to be understood. Their picture of the world and things in it is not put forward as normative for later science, andy more than their use of Hebrew and Greek is put forward as a perfect model for composition in these languages.

  J. I. Packer

  Biblical, Men, Order

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• Greek is doubtless the most perfect [language] that has been contrived by the art of man.

  Edward Gibbon

  Art, Men, Perfect

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• Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.

  Edward Gibbon

  Philosophy, Giving, Soul

  Edward Gibbon (1840). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire”

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• We all have to accept accusations that we ignored the refugee crisis for far too long. The first time that I referred to the Mediterranean Sea as Europe's cemetery was in October 2013, when hundreds of people drowned off Lampedusa. Italians, Maltese, Greeks and Spaniards have been pleading for help for years. But nobody cared.

  Martin Schulz

  Refugee Crisis, Years, Europe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Oh, you're in television! That's interesting. No, I mean, the word television is interesting. It's a hybrid, you see: tele- comes from the greek, and -vision comes from the latin. It should have been either "telerama", or "procolvision".

  Graham Chapman

  Latin, Mean, Should Have

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• Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word entheos, which means, "inspired" or "filled with the divine."

  Jon Gordon

  Mean, Enthusiasm, Inspired

  Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.108, John Wiley & Sons

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