Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.

United a herd is an army

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

Sometimes I see a bird fly by and I feel jealous. But then other times I see a bird fly into a closed window and I feel laughing.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director.

You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I don't you like you, either.

Pokémon was made with Miyamoto-san's advice. Since I was a teenager, playing Donkey Kong, he's always been my role model. He's a mentor for my heart.

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job