France Quotes · Page 16

In France, it's very suspect when you have a success.

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.

— Charles de Gaulle

When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.

— John Eisenhower

My dream was to play for France. It's been my dream since childhood.

— Aymeric Laporte

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

— Adrian Lyne

Oh, in France you can't defame an idea, only a person.

— Pierre Dukan

I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.

— Harvey Weinstein

One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France.

— James Cronin

It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not…

— Lance Armstrong

For some reason I'm more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good.

— Woody Allen

Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness…

— George Bernard Shaw

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

— Carine Roitfeld

“Near the kiosk the old lady who sold refreshments seemed slowly to be gathering all the shadows of evening about her skirts.”

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

It's very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just…

— Bob Hope

I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over…

— Audie Murphy

I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.

— Adolf Galland

I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the…

— Indira Gandhi

The quality of life of European cities and towns of almost any size make life in America look not just like a…

— James Howard Kunstler

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew…

— Joel Robuchon

These were African-Arab-Asian values. The only section of Europe that had a high value system during the Dark Ages was the, were…

— Malcolm X

Indonesia isn't the most beautiful country in the world. I don't think so. Italy is much lovelier - and France too. It's…

— Goenawan Mohamad

It was an axiom of "containment" that no part of the known world could be considered neutral. "Neutralism" was among the Cold…

— Christopher Hitchens

I was born in the south of France, I moved to Paris 30 years ago. I was running nightclubs and restaurants, so…

— Patrick Seguin

Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes,…

— Gary Saul Morson

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

— Scott Thompson

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.

— Brigitte Bardot

Unlike in the U.K. or France or America, we've never used water cannon for mass riots dispersal.

— Alexander Lukashenko

I scored my first goal with the national team against France.

— Stephan El Shaarawy

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

— Gavin Bryars

“They left me. My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE!”

— Stephanie Perkins

When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America.

— Rostam Batmanglij

To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved

— Georges Danton

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

— Charles de Gaulle

I have, like, a secret career as an actress in France.

— Camille Rowe

Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

— Xavier Niel

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

— Carly Simon

In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made 'Queen Margot.'

— Louis Garrel

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

— Pele

“and let's face it, the French Army couldn't beat a girls hockey team”

— Bill Bryson

Now the new things happening in France don't interest me.

— Susan Sontag