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Top 10 Melina Mercouri Quotes (2025 Update)

Melina Mercouri Quote: “In Greece we’re too poor to go to psychiatrists – we have friends instead.”

1. “In Greece we’re too poor to go to psychiatrists – we have friends instead.”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something – it is true.”

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

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness.”

3. “You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness.”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.”

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

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.”

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

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.”

7. “There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “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?”

8. “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?”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.”

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

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.”

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

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.”

11. “After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “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?”

12. “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?”

— Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Melina Mercouri

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