It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“On June 23, 1942, there was a group of French Jews in a German prison, on Polish soil. The first person I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy” — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“He'd plated one of the desserts in a beautiful glass bowl, complete with what he said was the homemade vanilla bean ice… — Samantha Verant Copy Share Image
We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams… — David Amram 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 was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“What's the trick to remembering that a sandwich is masculine? What qualities does it share with anyone in possession of a penis?… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“So it was perfectly possible that there were men who liked shopping, men who understood exactly what it was all about, but… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me. — Eddi Reader Copy Share Image
“Justice is always ready to lend you a spare brain in order to condemn you without a second thought” — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
What would you do in order to marry Sophia Loren? I think anyone would become French to marry Sophia Loren. Love was… — Edoardo Ponti Copy Share Image
My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows,… — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
The French are endowed with bigger limbs; those of the Spaniards are stronger; they have a very slim waist. The French fight… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?' — Pamela Druckerman 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
When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect.… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
