Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end.
My mother is from Greece: she comes from Vrahos, a small village in Kastoria.
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages - derives from a Greek word meaning "leisure.
"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.
My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.
Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which I coined the word, 'CHIROPRACTIC.'
The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster [homosexuality] whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children.
The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.
My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis.
Oh, you're in television! That's interesting. No, I mean, the word television is interesting. It's a hybrid, you see: tele- comes from the greek, and -vision comes from the latin. It should have been either "telerama", or "procolvision".
Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but the Greek for "ignoramus."
I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.
Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.
Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself.
