--- title: "5 French Quotes By Xavier Niel" description: "5 French quotes by Xavier Niel. Plus more from Xavier Niel and more French sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/xavier-niel-16695_access_france-has-a-specificity-the-market-play_125913.jpg" --- > [France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/france-has-a-specificity-the-market-players-who-provide-internet/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/xavier-niel-16695_access_france-has-a-specificity-the-market-play_125913.jpg) > ['Entrepreneur' is a French word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/entrepreneur-is-a-french-word/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/xavier-niel-16695_customer_entrepreneur-is-a-french-word-288254_288254.jpg) > [We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/we-have-200-000-kids-a-year-who-drop-out-of-the-french-school-system/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/xavier-niel-16695_become_we-have-200-000-kids-a-year-who-drop-out_1583651.jpg) > [I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/i-d-rather-people-talked-about-the-1-000-most-successful-french/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/xavier-niel-16695_about_i-d-rather-people-talked-about-the-1-000_1977772.jpg) > [Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/countries-like-france-should-not-be-naive-we-don-t-have-a-french/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/xavier-niel-16695_amazon_countries-like-france-should-not-be-naiv_2963484.jpg) ## Other authors on French ## More by Xavier Niel > [France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/france-has-a-specificity-the-market-players-who-provide-internet/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/i-once-said-steve-jobs-is-the-american-xavier-niel-but-that-was-humour/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > ['Entrepreneur' is a French word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/entrepreneur-is-a-french-word/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/i-made-a-lot-of-money-and-i-want-to-give-something-back-to-my-country/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/telecoms-is-a-national-business-there-isn-t-a-european-market-there-s/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/france-is-a-fantastic-country-it-s-between-the-anglo-saxon-and-latin/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [I'm not unusual; it's the others who are strange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/i-m-not-unusual-it-s-the-others-who-are-strange/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/stephane-richard-is-far-more-attuned-to-the-market-than-didier-lombard/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/the-real-force-of-silicon-valley-is-the-mentality-the-spirit-there-s/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/it-s-funny-how-the-smallest-things-i-ve-done-speak-the-loudest-about/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/the-question-for-france-and-all-countries-is-do-you-favour-foreign/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/the-most-sought-after-candidates-in-the-world-today-by-companies-like/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/if-you-are-worried-about-the-risk-to-your-reputation-you-don-t-launch/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [We have to help young people, because at the end of the day, we won't have an economy if we don't have them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/we-have-to-help-young-people-because-at-the-end-of-the-day-we-won-t/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) > [You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-niel/you-can-spend-your-money-on-art-works-and-sit-down-and-look-at-them/) [Xavier Niel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-niel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/french/xavier-niel/#itemlist", "name": "5 French Quotes By Xavier Niel", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. 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