Oliver Stone Quotes About Greek

Quotes about: Greek

• 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.

  Oliver Stone

  Christian, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.

  Oliver Stone

  Greek, Christianity, Concepts

  Source: www.avclub.com

• All the Greek mythic heroes had gone east, but they were myths. Achilles was a myth. Perseus, Theseus, Hercules... they probably existed in some form. But they all went east. That's where a Greek went to make his bones so to speak. And Alexander the Great was the first man who actually went east not to plunder, not to loot and come back to Greece - which is where the Macedonians wanted to go back with the money. He stayed. And he became half-Eastern.

  Oliver Stone

  Hero, Men, Greek

  Source: www.chud.com

• The Greek playwrights, we're all beholden to them, every one of us.

  Oliver Stone

  Greek, Playwright

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Now, we live in an age where we have so much information that we do tend to overload. The Greeks did too, though.

  Oliver Stone

  Greek, Age, Information

  Source: www.avclub.com

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