French Quotes
1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors
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The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.
— Stephen Gardiner
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Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing…
— Shirley Henderson
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I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.
— Tricia Helfer
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I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines.
— Eva Herzigova
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What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make…
— Francois Hollande
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I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.
— Marilyn Hacker
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French people are strange about America, I think.
— Michel Hazanavicius
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My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.
— Famke Janssen
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German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell…
— Helmut Jahn
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives…
— Rachel Kushner
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Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread, and serve you French toast again. Okay, I still get stoned.
— Sheryl Crow
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The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration of body, mind…
— George A. Sheehan
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The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French,…
— Henry Walter Bates
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It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called…
— Sebastian Bach
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The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny.
— Matt Groening
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Now I’m really glad that I speak French, because, let’s face it, girls dig it when a guy speaks French. They call it the language…
— Justin Bieber
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I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity…
— Francois Hollande
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My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I…
— Francois Hollande
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I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France…
— Francois Hollande
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I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt…
— Francois Hollande
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It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and…
— Alexa Chung
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I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also, like, incredibly chic and expensive-looking.
— Alexa Chung
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I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish…
— Sebastian Arcelus
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I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that…
— John Diefenbaker
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