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The Greeks, and Babylonians before them, saw the upper sky as the home of the gods when meteors fell to Earth, instead of reasoning that there might be rocks up there, they felt that divinity must reside in the fallen meteorite and worshipped it. – Bonnie MacLachlan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The death of Manolis Glezos leaves Greeks poorer, but the legacy of his life leaves Greece richer, his example, that of a true patriot and fighter, is a guiding light for us all. And it gives us the strength to unite to overcome difficulties, like those we are experiencing today. – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Greeks know that if they open the gates they will get many more people (arriving) on this side of the border. – Fawzi Uzbek	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There is still a zero-sum mentality (among Greeks) on this name issue, it's an issue which involves history and symbols, and ... a compromise is very difficult in this case. – Kostas Ifantis	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
In the conquest of the Greeks they in return conquered the conquerors – Virgil	added by anonymous 6 years ago
Debt is a discussion we've not had before. The only thing we had was a promise that if the Greeks would commit fully and deliver on the program we would look at, if necessary, further debt measures. – Jeroen Dijsselbloem	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Macedonian police put us here and the Greeks don't want us back. – Yase Qued	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures. – Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Greeks have no alternative. They know the new package will stop immediately if commitments are not met. Even if a new government was elected it couldn’t change anything, if the Greeks don’t implement the reforms they will no longer receive a euro of aid. It’s up to them to decide. – Michael Fuchs	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What is most important at this phase is that the government serve the interests of the Greek people and not those of the party, tsipras is the prime minister of 11 million Greeks, not of 30,000 members of the Syriza party. – Deputy Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If the Greeks were serious Schaeuble would have no problem with them, but their behavior over the past months has convinced him that they are not an asset to Europe, that they are damaging the very values on which the European idea is based, that they just want to poker and bluff. And this is the ultimate sin for him. – Wolfgang Schaeuble	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What is at play here is an attempt to humiliate Greece and Greeks, or to overthrow the Tsipras government. – Dimitrios Papadimoulis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The asset class that continues to attract interest, despite the confusion at the moment, is tourism-related property and hotels, we also have some private investors – some from Europe or Greeks from the Diaspora, mostly based in the U.S., who are looking to buy opportunistically. – Yannis Perrotis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The asset class that continues to attract interest, despite the confusion at the moment, is tourism-related property and hotels, we also have some private investors - some from Europe or Greeks from the Diaspora, mostly based in the U.S., who are looking to buy opportunistically. – Yannis Perrotis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If The Greeks does, in fact, exit the euro and resurrect the drachma, that currency would also likely be devalued, making The Greeks an even bigger travel bargain. – Gabe Saglie	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The bottom line on The Greeks is people are still going. – Christopher Elliott	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The greatest enemy of the Greeks is not a Nation, for no Nation is a match for any Greek. It is the Greek himself that is his worst enemy. – Terpsichore Lindeman	added by anonymous 9 years ago
There is some edginess in the market, it's a coin toss-up as to how the Greeks are going to vote. – Thane Stenner	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The Greeks have not fulfilled their obligations. – Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Greece needs to stay in the euro zone, but is that the best for the rest of Europe? No. The best solution is to kick the Greeks out. – Terry Torrison	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We Greeks are famous for our hospitality and we're proud of that, of course Greek people will be happy to see tourists. – Yorgos Geniatakis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The challenge for the Europeans, the political and economic institutions -- the IMF -- is to show enough flexibility, so if the Greeks are prepared to take the kinds of tough steps that they need to take, they find a pathway to resolving this without there being an unnecessary crisis. – Jack Lew	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It would cost money, it would create great political uncertainty, and I don’t think we have the time, and I don’t think the Greeks have the time for it. – Jeroen Dijsselbloem	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Finland is going to be facing a domestic austerity program which is going to make it even harder to persuade Finns to vote for more concessions for the Greeks. – Alastair Newton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

The Greeks, and Babylonians before them, saw the upper sky as the home of the gods when meteors fell to Earth, instead of reasoning that there might be rocks up there, they felt that divinity must reside in the fallen meteorite and worshipped it.

– Bonnie MacLachlan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The death of Manolis Glezos leaves Greeks poorer, but the legacy of his life leaves Greece richer, his example, that of a true patriot and fighter, is a guiding light for us all. And it gives us the strength to unite to overcome difficulties, like those we are experiencing today.

– Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Greeks know that if they open the gates they will get many more people (arriving) on this side of the border.

– Fawzi Uzbek

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is still a zero-sum mentality (among Greeks) on this name issue, it's an issue which involves history and symbols, and ... a compromise is very difficult in this case.

– Kostas Ifantis

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

In the conquest of the Greeks they in return conquered the conquerors

– Virgil

added by anonymous
6 years ago

Debt is a discussion we've not had before. The only thing we had was a promise that if the Greeks would commit fully and deliver on the program we would look at, if necessary, further debt measures.

– Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Macedonian police put us here and the Greeks don't want us back.

– Yase Qued

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures.

– Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Greeks have no alternative. They know the new package will stop immediately if commitments are not met. Even if a new government was elected it couldn’t change anything, if the Greeks don’t implement the reforms they will no longer receive a euro of aid. It’s up to them to decide.

– Michael Fuchs

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

What is most important at this phase is that the government serve the interests of the Greek people and not those of the party, tsipras is the prime minister of 11 million Greeks, not of 30,000 members of the Syriza party.

– Deputy Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If the Greeks were serious Schaeuble would have no problem with them, but their behavior over the past months has convinced him that they are not an asset to Europe, that they are damaging the very values on which the European idea is based, that they just want to poker and bluff. And this is the ultimate sin for him.

– Wolfgang Schaeuble

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

What is at play here is an attempt to humiliate Greece and Greeks, or to overthrow the Tsipras government.

– Dimitrios Papadimoulis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The asset class that continues to attract interest, despite the confusion at the moment, is tourism-related property and hotels, we also have some private investors – some from Europe or Greeks from the Diaspora, mostly based in the U.S., who are looking to buy opportunistically.

– Yannis Perrotis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The asset class that continues to attract interest, despite the confusion at the moment, is tourism-related property and hotels, we also have some private investors - some from Europe or Greeks from the Diaspora, mostly based in the U.S., who are looking to buy opportunistically.

– Yannis Perrotis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If The Greeks does, in fact, exit the euro and resurrect the drachma, that currency would also likely be devalued, making The Greeks an even bigger travel bargain.

– Gabe Saglie

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The bottom line on The Greeks is people are still going.

– Christopher Elliott

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The greatest enemy of the Greeks is not a Nation, for no Nation is a match for any Greek. It is the Greek himself that is his worst enemy.

– Terpsichore Lindeman

added by anonymous
9 years ago

There is some edginess in the market, it's a coin toss-up as to how the Greeks are going to vote.

– Thane Stenner

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The Greeks have not fulfilled their obligations.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Greece needs to stay in the euro zone, but is that the best for the rest of Europe? No. The best solution is to kick the Greeks out.

– Terry Torrison

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We Greeks are famous for our hospitality and we're proud of that, of course Greek people will be happy to see tourists.

– Yorgos Geniatakis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The challenge for the Europeans, the political and economic institutions -- the IMF -- is to show enough flexibility, so if the Greeks are prepared to take the kinds of tough steps that they need to take, they find a pathway to resolving this without there being an unnecessary crisis.

– Jack Lew

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It would cost money, it would create great political uncertainty, and I don’t think we have the time, and I don’t think the Greeks have the time for it.

– Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Finland is going to be facing a domestic austerity program which is going to make it even harder to persuade Finns to vote for more concessions for the Greeks.

– Alastair Newton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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