“Tim: I'm quite good with angst and tragedy. Lee: You grew up in a cul-de-sac in Henley, what do you know about tragedy? Tim: The Greeks invented it, Shakespeare wrote about it, the Bee-Gees sang it and Steps covered it.”— Lee Mack, Andrew Collins, Tim Adams, Tim Vine, imdb.com
“Had ten minutes conversation with Henry Morgenthau about Jewish ship in Palistine [sic]. Told him I would talk to Gen[eral] Marshall about it. He'd no business, whatever to call me. The Jews have no sense of proportion nor do they have any judgement on world affairs. Henry brought a thousand Jews to…”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“Bunk: Boy, them Greeks and those twisted-ass names. McNulty: Man, back off the Greeks. They invented civilization. Bunk: Yeah? Ass-fucking, too.”— George Pelecanos, Bunk Moreland, Wendell Pierce, imdb.com