Modern Greek Infinitive

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or greek:

    “Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
    —Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)