6 Movie Quotes about Athens (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: November 25, 2024

Memorable quotes about athens, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 My father once said Athens is neither a city nor a state. It's an idea. I can understand that now that I'm here.

Richard Burton as Alexander The Great in Alexander the Great (1956)

2 O Athenians, when will you see your days of glory again? Demosthenes once asked. Well, now you have your answer: never!

Quote from Alexander the Great (1956)

3 Well, we have never been to Europe together. -That's right. -And we are going. Madrid, Lisbon. -Athens. Oh, and Scotland. -And Tahiti. -Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Sidney Poitier as Crease in Sneakers (1992)

4 There'd be no cheers for you in Athens. Only hatred, and perhaps an assassin's dagger at your throat.

Quote from Alexander the Great (1956)

5 I could destroy Athens now, but I won't. To destroy a center of culture would be the act of a barbarian. And that, Philip is not.

Quote from Alexander the Great (1956)

6 Athens is not with us, neither is Greece. We have been betrayed! It's over.

Quote from Alexander the Great (1956)

6 Movie Quotes about Athens (Sound Clips)

1 My father once said Athens is neither a city nor a state. It's an idea. I can understand that now that I'm here.

2 O Athenians, when will you see your days of glory again? Demosthenes once asked. Well, now you have your answer: never!

3 Well, we have never been to Europe together. -That's right. -And we are going. Madrid, Lisbon. -Athens. Oh, and Scotland. -And Tahiti. -Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

4 There'd be no cheers for you in Athens. Only hatred, and perhaps an assassin's dagger at your throat.

5 I could destroy Athens now, but I won't. To destroy a center of culture would be the act of a barbarian. And that, Philip is not.

6 Athens is not with us, neither is Greece. We have been betrayed! It's over.

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