Greek God Quotes

• Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Philosophy, History

  Oscar Wilde (2010). “Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews”, p.107, University of Illinois Press

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• I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

  Plato

  Life And Death, Greek, Departure

  Plato “Writings of Plato”, Lulu.com

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• The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

  Socrates

  Change, Death, Wisdom

  Charles Walters, Socrates (1994). “Socrates' - the Lost Dialogues”

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• Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods).

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Hero, Greek, Morality

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  If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.

  Michio Kaku

  Elderly, Views, Years

  "Captain Michio and the World of Tomorrow" by Brian Bolduc, www.wsj.com. March 9, 2012.

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• I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry.

  Zelo

  Names, Greek, Rivalry

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• All the superhero stuff is Greek myths and Greek gods, wearing tights and capes. That's what they are. That's what I gravitate towards.

  Louis Leterrier

  Superhero, Greek, Capes

  Source: collider.com

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• The Indian gods are imposing, the Greek gods are not. Indeed they are not brave, not self-controlled, they have no manners, they are not gentlemen and ladies.

  Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Self, Brave, Greek

  Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerald Roberts (1980). “Selected prose”

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• Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care.

  Rick Riordan

  Two, Blood, Greek

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• Am I the only person who hopes that David Beckham has sex with Brad Pitt? I don't know who's in charge of casting in Hollywood, but make it happen before one of them is out of their prime. Can you imagine those two men together making love? If there's a man in here that's junk doesn't wiggle just a little bit at the thought of those two men together - this has nothing to do with your homophobic sexual preference. At that level it's art, you monkey. You should be honored that you share the same restroom with those Greek gods.

  Daniel Tosh

  Art, Sex, Men

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• Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and goddesses because they don't live on Mt. Olympus.

  Alexander Chee

  Greek, Abuse, Olympus

  "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016.

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• Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'

  Gina Barreca

  Envy, Dating, Guy

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• Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Business, Sleep, Worry

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• He's (Jose Canseco) built like a Greek goddess.

  Sparky Anderson

  Greek, Goddess, Built

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• In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.

  Rick Riordan

  Nice, Rain, Thinking

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• Something has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue.

  Tom Robbins

  Life, God, Prayer

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.117, Bantam

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• Everybody can't be like Redford and pop out there and make big bucks right away because you look like a Greek god... The guy's a friend of mine and he has absolutely no privacy in his life.

  Bruce Dern

  Guy, Greek, Looks

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will give us what we need to keep our course.' A little prayer?' said Jack. 'To a constellation?' To what it represents,' said Aven. But I don't believe in what it represents,' said Jack. Prayers aren't for the deity,' said Aven. 'They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.' Can't you do that without praying to a dead Greek god?' Sure,' said Aven. 'But how often would anyone do that, if not in prayer?

  James A. Owen

  Prayer, Believe, Wind

  James A. Owen (2015). “Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill a Greek god, Simi. It’s not allowed. (Acheron) There you go again, akri, saying no to the Simi. Don’t eat that, Simi. Don’t kill that, Simi. Stay here, Simi. Go to Katoteros, Simi, and wait for me to call you. I don’t like being told no, akri. (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Waiting, Greek, Saying No

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Sins of the Night: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.337, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• Your mama-akra sent that to you, akri, to hurt the heathen-god. Now it’s Dimonique time. The Simi can’t be bothered we no Greek god messing with the one who pays the plastic bills. Can the Simi have that black metal card she loves so much? (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Greek, Black

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• I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse heads or elephant's legs coming out of their chests?" Alan asked. "Next time someone tells you that, ask them to specify.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Horse, Elephants, Greek

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• For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Powerful, Ideas, Long

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• My wife, my Mary, goes to her sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So many times I have watched her with envy. Her lovely body squirms a moment as though she fitted herself into a cocoon. She sighs once and at the end of it her eyes close and her lips, untroubled, fall into that wise and remote smile of the Ancient Greek gods. She smiles all night in her sleep, her breath purrs in her throat, not a snore, a kitten's purr... She loves to sleep and sleep welcomes her.

  John Steinbeck

  Wise, Fall, Sleep

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.57, Penguin

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• I always wanted to play a Greek god in something.

  Kellan Lutz

  Play, Greek, Wanted

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