Melina Mercouri Quotes

Greece, Actress
October 18, 1920 – March, 6, 1994.

Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, and politician. She received an Oscar nomination and won a Cannes Film Festival Award for her performance in the 1960 film Never on Sunday. Mercouri was also nominated for three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career.

Also known as Singer, Politician

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

Melina Mercouri
- Present
There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Melina Mercouri

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

Melina Mercouri
- Victory
- Desert
- Greek
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
- Greek
Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

Melina Mercouri
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
- True

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

Melina Mercouri
- World
- Country