quotes about Olympus
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As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza, the nation's capital, the czar's winter palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that it was better than all of those inconsequential places.
-- A. Bartlett Giamatti -
But you have nothing better to do with your time than harass us, do you? Go back to ruling the universe from Mount Olympus or whatever else it is you mongrels do.
-- Claudia Gray -
To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
-- Horace -
One of the reasons people find me a believable actor is that I don't seem like one of the gods from Olympus. I seem like someone who was lucky enough to be let into Olympus.
-- John C. Reilly -
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A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.
-- William Winwood ReadeSource : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.537
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Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and goddesses because they don't live on Mt. Olympus.
-- Alexander CheeSource : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016.
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The God that reigns in Olympus is Number Eternal.
-- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi