France Quotes · Page 17

“Hope is a beautiful and magical thing. Grasp it tight, monsieur, and never let go.”

— Rachel L. Demeter

There were ten concentration camps in France from 1939 on.

— Martha Gellhorn

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

France was probably the best thing for me. All the things I took away from it and learned from it.

— Lindsey Horan

The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.

— Gertrude Atherton

In France, I am just Madame Campbell. In Jamaica, nobody uses my title.

— Lady Colin Campbell

It's very difficult in France to get access to castings when you don't have any relationships.

— Berenice Marlohe

[On Napoleon assuming power in France:] The time of Fable is over, the time of History has begun.

— Josephine de Beauharnais

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of…

— James A. Michener

If you were asking me how it is to be a Muslim in America, it's much harder to be a North African…

— Kenza Fourati

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at…

— Jane Birkin

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern…

— Alain Juppe

France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.

— Xavier Niel

Growing up, I had this objective of winning titles, but more importantly of succeeding in mainland France.

— Wendie Renard

The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning…

— Peter Mayle

My message to France and Europe is that we will make sure Venezuela won't witness the rise of another Pinochet. And we…

— Nicolas Maduro

“This is what you British do not understand about the French. You think you must work, work, work, work and open on…

— Jenny Colgan

President Bush has delivered a new resolution to the U.N. saying that Saddam has failed to cooperate with U.N. resolutions, freeing us…

— Craig Kilborn

If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is…

— Townsend Harris

“Finding a taxi, she felt like a child pressing her nose to the window of a candy store as she watched the…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together…

— H. G. Wells

Those who are guilty of the argumentum ad ignorantiam profess belief in something because its opposite cannot be proved ... In the…

— Richard M. Weaver

I collect travel alarm clocks. I was in a flea market in France once, in 1994, and I opened up this beautiful…

— Alec Baldwin

In France, President Francois Hollande is leveraging the next wave of the Internet to jumpstart economic reforms and create jobs for hundreds…

— John T. Chambers

I cannot resign myself to thi decline of Europe, and of France.

— Jacques Delors

I dreamed of becoming a world champion, I dreamed of becoming France's champion.

— Kylian Mbappe

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

— Kurt Cobain

France desperately needs to work on its competitiveness and attractiveness.

— Alain Dehaze

I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me.

— Carla Bruni

When I played for the first time against France, I wanted more.

— Kieran Trippier

If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.

— Robert Altman

Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud.

— Rosecrans Baldwin

In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.

— Gaspar Noe

It is impossible to think of France except in terms of individuals.

— Andre Siegfried

I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

— Edward Hopper

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

— Emmanuel Macron

The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.

— Francois Hollande

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

— Anthony Geary

The euro ceases to exist the moment that France leaves.

— Marine Le Pen

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

— E. V. Lucas