There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present.

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think of a more cynical slogan than 'Fair and Balanced.'

There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive they tend to disappear.

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

Be nice. And if you cant do that just dont be mean.

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.

Beijing is my favorite city in China.

Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to betray the cause, in the vindication of which they have engaged their services.

'Rent' was my first professional job, ever.

Why are people so tired on April 1st? Because they just finished a 31-day March.

Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.

A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic.

Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to do it for nothing. But then it became clear that if you want somebody to champion the story, there's nobody better than the person who made it all up.

The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.

I've tried my very best to keep all the balls in the air and be home.

My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they are giving. They are making Christianity milky. They are making it so you can no longer define anything. There is no sound judgment allowed.

Children will often rise or fall according to the expectations of loved ones in their lives.

Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

I could share an hour of warm camaraderie with Dad, then once I'd walked out the door, get the uncanny feeling I'd disappeared into the wings of his mind's stage, like a character no longer necessary to the ongoing story line.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated it is finished when it surrenders.

Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.