It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French. — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
I have always loved languages, I have studied basic French and Japanese too. — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power. — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image
The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Because French is the language of love, my boy. Something you should keep in mind, but will soon forget. — William W. Johnstone Copy Share Image
The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
It's funny because I remember when I came to the U.S. with 'Swimming Pool,' the movie did well, and it was great… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
I studied French in high school and German in college and I once took a 24-hour Italian crash course. English has by… — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
When I went to Paris, I had a lot of ideas about it that were formed in the sort of ether that… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food.… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
The language of the age is never the language of poetry, except among the French, whose verse, where the thought or image… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
I wouldn't presume to define noir - if we could define it, we wouldn't need to use a French word for it… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“The French doctor - the French, they are a very logical race and make good doctors - says: "M'sieu, they have all… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
You have the intelligence front and the engagement front. On the intelligence front, the French are better than many of their European… — Michael Leiter Copy Share Image
“It was not the way Curve smelled that Colin liked - not exactly. It was the way the air smelled just as… — John Green Copy Share Image
In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“The essence and value of the law lies in its stability and durability (...), in its “relative eternity.” Only then does the… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Though we were forbidden to speak anything but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Deep, fluting emotions were a form of weakness. She'd seen the softening in her work over the years, she'd started making the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“To call the population of strangers in the midst of which we live "society" is such a usurpation that even the sociologists… — The Invisible Committee Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I did 'Louie Bluie' and 'Crumb' with Criterion was because I like a lot of their older French… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable. — Dorie Greenspan Copy Share Image
When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one. — Alain Prost Copy Share Image
We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable. — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
The fun is in figuring out why the French are susceptible to such tripe. — Bill O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm a jazz musician in that I have achieved Grade 3 on the French horn. — Alex Horne Copy Share Image
I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country. — Margaret Anderson Copy Share Image
I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch. — Eva Green Copy Share Image
French cinema allows women to look... a certain way and be talented at the same time. — Gina Bellman Copy Share Image
Je suis autant Chinois que Fran c° ais. I am as much Chinese as French. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic. — Bernard Pivot Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like… — Caitriona Balfe Copy Share Image
I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I took about four or five years of French in high school, but I definitely don't speak French as well as I… — Jeremih Copy Share Image
Who's got two thumbs, speaks limited French and hasn't cried once today? This moi. — LIZ Copy Share Image
I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation. — Amisha Patel Copy Share Image
