It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet namely a dull ending.

And regardless of the fact that in this country certainly in the arts we treat comedy as a second-class citizen I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value but as the craft of it being funny.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans they talk about all three - wine food and art - as a way of enhancing life.

My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy.

I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil and lots of fear.

I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

There is a misleading unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous very old or Greek then it must be good advice.