“At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.” PeopleMotherFatherBeliefCan DoAdviceGreekRecallsDistressNurtureBest AdviceKeep The Faith Author:George Papandreou
“At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.” SchoolFatherCareersRolesMonthsHigh SchoolMathematicsFilledEightMedicalI RealizedGreekFeminineLatinGapsPermissionMedical SchoolProfessional Career Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.” FirstsMotherFatherBornGenerationsHollywoodRaisedGreekNativeLos AngelesBorn And RaisedBulgarians Author:Rita Wilson
“They even say that an altar dedicated to Ulysses , with the addition of the name of his father, Laertes , was formerly discovered on the same spot, and that certain monuments and tombs with Greek inscriptions, still exist on the borders of Germany and Rhaetia .” StillsCertainFatherNamesSpotsBordersGreekGermanyDedicatedMonumentAltarsTombsUlyssesInscriptions Book:The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus Source: The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus
“I'd love to say I'm an accomplished cook, but I don't have any signature dishes. I'm good at breakfast -- I make great eggs. My father gave me a little recipe. It's all in the seasoning. But it's a Greek secret. I won't give it away!” GivingLittlesFatherSecretCooksGreekAccomplishedEggsBreakfastDishesRecipesSignaturesSeasoning Author:Jennifer Aniston
“My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.” LastsMotherFatherNamesBornHalfRaisedChineseGreekGermanyHawaiiFilipino Author:Mark Dacascos
“It's always seemed to me that black people's grace has been with what they do with language. In Lorrain, Ohio, when I was a child, I went to school with and heard the stories of Mexicans, Italians, and Greeks, and I listened. I remember their language, and a lot of it is marvelous. But when I think of things my mother or father or aunts used to say, it seems the most absolutely striking thing in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenHas BeensStoriesSeemsSchoolRememberUsedMotherFatherLanguageBlackGraceHeardGreekBlack PeopleMarvelousAuntOhio Author:Toni Morrison
“The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes and their Asiatic fathers. The unarmed personal encounter was indicative of a sturdier manhood.” FirstsHas BeensPlayFatherExerciseGreekEncountersDistinctionManhoodBoxersUnarmed Book:Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport Source: Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport
“Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man.” MenWellsFatherSonArmsKingsLoversHusbandTrialsWarriorGreekGood ManCompanionUlyssesCalypso Author:James Joyce
“Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.” FirstsFatherParticularGreekPoetry IsLatin Author:Quintus Ennius
“To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old Saturnian verse. He made popular the doctrines of Euhemerus, and he was in general a champion of free thought and rationalism.” WritingFirstsMadeRememberSpiritFatherViewsExamplePoint Of ViewDoctrineGreekChampionLatinRomeVersesEpicRationalismFree ThoughtPersonification Author:Quintus Ennius