French Quotes

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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed… — Paul Auster
I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of… — Paul Auster
I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know… — Josephine Baker
There is a certain dignity to being French. — Brigitte Bardot
'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'. — Dave Barry
As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had… — Mario Batali
After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie. — Emmanuelle Beart
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States… — Kate Beckinsale
In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal. — Jose Bergamin
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. — Ambrose Bierce
I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. — Juliette Binoche
Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English.… — Juliette Binoche
I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes. — Mary J. Blige
I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. — Andrea Bocelli
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I… — Andrea Bocelli
The French complain of everything, and always. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you. — Bono
My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes. — Anthony Bourdain
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure… — Anthony Bourdain
My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of… — Tom Brady

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