Quotes by Greek One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it. Her character has distinct roots in classic Greek mythology. Bruce Timm greek roots character I perform regularly with a theater company called Outside the Wire who take performances of Greek tragedy to American-military audiences around the world to create discussion about PTSD and soldier suicide. It's one of the greatest things I've ever been asked to do as an actor. Bryce Pinkham greek soldier suicide Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent. C. A. Bartol deities greek beauty To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends. C. S. Lewis rainbow privacy greek If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now idiots. And I should not be surprised, although I don't know, if there were some such idiots even in Germany. C. Wright Mills definitions greek men Elegance is reduction, simplification, condensation. It is spare, stark, sleek. Elegance is cultivated abstraction. The source of Greek and Roman classicism - clarity, order, proportion, balance - is in Egypt. Camille Paglia egypt greek order We are living in what the Greeks called the kairos - the right moment - for a 'metamorphosis of the gods', of the fundamental principles and symbols. This peculiarity of our time, which is certainly not of our conscious choosing, is the expression of the unconscious man within us who is changing. Carl Jung greek expression men ...it seemed to me I was living in an insane asylum of my own making. I wnt about with all these fantastic figures: centaurs, nymphs, satyrs, gods and goddesses, as though they were patients and I was analyzing them. I read a Greek or Negro myth as if a lunatic were telling me his anamnesis. Carl Jung nymphs insane greek Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together. Carl Sagan greek opposites order Eratosthenes was the director of the great library of Alexandria, the Centre of science and learning in the ancient world. Aristotle had argued that humanity was divided into Greeks and everybody else, whom he called barbarians and that the Greeks should keep themselves racially pure. He thought it was fitting for the Greeks to enslave other peoples. But Erathosthenes criticized Aristotle for his blind chauvinism, he believed there was good and bad in every nation. Carl Sagan library greek humanity One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art. Carl Van Vechten cat greek art ... passion, once unleashed, has a way of unleashing other passions -- a principle adhered to as firmly by the police force of any large modern city as by the Greek tragedians. Caroline Gordon passion greek cities A state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis. Carroll Quigley states organization greek khalepa ta kala, greek. It means 'beauty is harsh'. Cassandra Clare harsh greek mean Not specifically. "Demons have been on Earth as long as we have. They're all over the world, in their different forms – Greek daemons, Persian daevas, Hindu asuras, Japanese oni. Most belief systems have some method of incorporating both their existence and the fight against them. Shadowhunters cleave to no single religion, and in turn all religions assist us in our battle. I could as easily have gone for help to a Jewish synagogue or a Shinto temple, or – Ah. Here it is. Cassandra Clare fighting greek long My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy. Cat Cora cooking mom greek Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart? Chet Baker media greek art I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way. Chita Rivera italian lucky greek In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization. Christopher Hitchens modern political greek You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not? Christopher Hitchens polish why-not greek «1234567891011»