"I didn't say everyone had given up," Ray points out. "Just a lot of people. I should probably mention that there are two hundred and seventy million people in my country, so probably at least as many of them as ever lived in Greece, and then some, still do believe."

"And frankly, your best export was either your philosophers or your goat cheese. Some of the brands of feta they sell these days are nearly as good as an evening with the writings of Democritus."