French Quotes

1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors

The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
I thought English is a strange language. Now I think French is even more strange. In France, their fish is poisson, their bread is pain,… — Xiaolu Guo
The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first… — Tony Horwitz
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution and afterward. Denied… — Natalie Zemon Davis
The French are very individualistic. — Eric Rohmer
I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who… — Diane Cilento
At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying. — Frank Robinson
It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves. — Wilfrid Laurier
The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. — Wilfrid Laurier
Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party,… — Wilfrid Laurier
Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or… — Obafemi Awolowo
It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law. — Harvey Weinstein
When called to the Council of the Twelve, October 4, 1963, he said in the Salt Lake Tabernacle: I think of a little sister, a… — Thomas S. Monson
The French constitute the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation in Europe and the best qualified in turn to become an object of admiration,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;â€”war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio… — Charles de Gaulle
The French need a thrashing. If the Prussians win, the centralisation of the state power will be useful for the centralisation of the German working… — Karl Marx
The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well… — Roger Federer
Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French… — Lleyton Hewitt

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