There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

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.

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

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.

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.

When sheep grow blind, it is only wolves that rejoice.

They left Puonvangi at the 303rd in the company of a riotous party of Binlisi conventioneers. The Birilisi were an avian species and much given to excessive narcoticism

The problem with many believers today is that they try to cooperate with the world

Things hardly ever work on the first try. We'll make another, a better one.

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents an alternative view of both science and the world.

... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.

When you reflect on Sept. 11 and the tragedy of that day, one of the things that came out of that was the goodness of humanity

Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.

Find someone hypersocial and crazy and try not to follow them to their doom, but to make friends with their nicer friends.