France Quotes · Page 13

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

— Francis Parkman

France's Charles VI was subject to fits of insanity and unable to rule.

— Princess Michael of Kent

I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.

— Bob Hope

For France, anything is better than Hillary Clinton.

— Marine Le Pen

Traveling through France in regular times, for better or worse, I am simply perceived as an American.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

— Yogi Berra

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same.

— Honore de Balzac

No go sections of the city and they work on law and the police don't go in there. That is not helping…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that…

— Karen Hughes

In France, we have a geographic situation that is very exceptional, and it creates produce that is completely exceptional.

— Joel Robuchon

Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of hers…

— William Shakespeare

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past,…

— Pierre Laval

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would…

— Francois Hollande

Prices in Italy are only slightly lower than in France, which means that Italy is a very expensive country for everyone, natives,…

— George Mikes

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“There is an admirable fact about the psychology of France: she knows no half measures, loathsome or sublime, she forges the thought…

— Josephin Peladan

Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States,…

— Terry Zwigoff

On my arrival in U.S.S.R. in 1934, I remember that I was struck by the enormous proportion of Jewish functionaries everywhere. In…

— Denis Fahey

You've gotta understand: in July of '44, the Allies were still contained on the peninsula in western France and the destruction of…

— Christopher McQuarrie

The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across…

— Howard Stringer

Evie hadn’t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she’d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms…

— Libba Bray

In France, for example, it is not unusual for a husband to have a wife and a mistress. However, if in addition…

— Groucho Marx

The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it…

— James E. Burke

I feel very, very French, especially when I land in France.

— Davina McCall

“I've got one thing to say: I killed a lot of germans, and I'm only sorry I didn't kill more.”

— Nancy Wake

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

— Grover Norquist

“Above all, let's hope we never take ourselves too seriously.”

— Anonymous

Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team.

— Marcel Desailly

I don't like the word provocateur. It sounds like a social disease coming from France.

— Gaspar Noe

I've always considered the French-speaking part of Switzerland as a province of France.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

“If I’m a monster, mademoiselle, it’s because man’s cruelty has made me so.”

— Rachel L. Demeter

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

— Lionel Jospin

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.

— Billy Wilder

I don't know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn't know who she is.

— Karl Lagerfeld

France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal.

— Rich Lowry

“and France, that fancy education you’re so proud of.”

— Mary Campisi

“There are only two things in life,' Bergé said. 'Love and beauty.”

— Mark Zero

There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

— Walid Jumblatt