Nia Vardalos Quotes

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

I think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people.

The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization.

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their roots in Greece. But for Greece… we might still have been savages and idolators.

They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.

I have a confession to make. The love affair of my life has been with the Greek language. I have now reached the age when it has occurred to me that I may have read some books for the last time. I suddenly thought that there are books I cannot bear not to read again before I die. One that stands out a mile is Homer's Iliad.

What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from the Heroic or Homeric age down to the domestic life of the Athenians and Spartans, four or five centuries later? What but this, that every man passes personally through a Grecian period.

Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

I'm a proud Greek. I carry my Hellenism like a badge of merit.

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate.

Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in 'worlds' just like our own.

I think the Greeks were the only people ever to nail character. Their heroes are deeply flawed.

Greece – the mother of all democracies

There are two great centers of Hellenism. Athens is the capital of the Kingdom. Constantinople is the great capital, the City, the dream and hope of all Greeks.

I had been a college teacher. I had taught Greek mythology.

To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.

It is great to be Greek, because I have one of the best heritages in the world.

I love Greece. It's really cool in the summer.

When I was In high school, I became interested in Greek mythology. I had to know all about the exact dates of all the history.

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.

I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because of his idealism, and I'd go back to the Greeks, and I always liked Homer and all the philosophers and their way of thinking and their concept of honor. I think their concept of honor does apply to the modern age, and certain people that walk around are pre-Christian.