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

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

I want to believe in a personal god who looks after me and my loved ones and knows every sparrow that falls. But the suffering of one single child, or more likely, millions is evidence against that belief. The one question I want to ask god: how do you explain or justify the suffering of a child?

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.

Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.

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