French Quotes

1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors

Tea, late dinners and the French Revolution. I cannot exactly see the connection of ideas. — Thomas Love Peacock
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was… — Walter E. Williams
Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital,… — Patrick Geddes
Anyone who studies the state of things which preceded the French Revolution will see that the tremendous catastrophe came about from so excessive a regulation… — Herbert Spencer
The Italians were eating with forks when the French were still eating each other. — Mario Batali
Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a… — Thomas Keller
If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the… — Jonathan Swift
What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares Farm; of the… — Unknown Author
Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Ho, or Nguyen Ai Quoc, thus became the first Vietnamese communist and a founding member of the French Communist party, born out of the split. — Wilfred Burchett
Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one, — Catherine Malandrino
I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way. — Chita Rivera
What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit… — Branford Marsalis
These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most… — Jacques Chirac
Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can… — Manfred von Richthofen
It's true that the French have a certain obsession with sex, but it's a particularly adult obsession. France is the thriftiest of all nations; to… — Anita Loos
We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude. — Douglas Coupland
But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for… — Henryk Sienkiewicz
The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner… — Mark Twain
Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes

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