French Quotes

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Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say,… — Jo Brand
The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it. — Alton Brown
The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort… — Michael Caine
Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think… — Naomi Campbell
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So… — George Canning
Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary. — Eric Cantona
We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part.… — Eric Cantona
People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe… — Helena Bonham Carter
The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. — Paul Cezanne
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those… — Julia Child
I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules,… — Julia Child
I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine.… — Julia Child
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the… — Warren Christopher
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to… — Madonna Ciccone
I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars. — Fiona Apple
According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them… — Guy de Rothschild
What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed,… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq. — Dennis Miller
I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere. — Sacha Guitry

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