French Quotes

1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to… — Orson Scott Card
They came from the four corners of the earth, driven by hunger, plague, tumors, and the cold, and stopped here. They couldn’t go any futrther… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. — Dave Eggers
I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have. Burn the Amazon rain forests. Pump chlorofluorocarbons straight up to gobble the ozone. Open the dump… — Chuck Palahniuk
Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it. — Nigel Slater
Thierry had no idea why they were called French doors. His native countrymen weren't stupid enough to put them in their homes. — Lynn Viehl
But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is… — Kate DiCamillo
I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing. — Karl Lagerfeld
Dip a slice of bread in batter. That's September: yellow, gold, soft and sticky. Fry the bread. Now you have October: chewier, drier, streaked with… — Tom Robbins
There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face. — Russell Brand
You chose to come to Paris, of all places,” Mencheres replied. So what? Got something against the French? — Jeaniene Frost
Despite Langdon’s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion… — Dan Brown
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing. — Madeleine L'Engle
Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks. — Madeleine L'Engle
All it takes,” said Crake, “is the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the… — Margaret Atwood
With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning. — Jon Bon Jovi
To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian men are beautiful… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Madame V begins the lesson by reading aloud the first stanza of a famous French poem: Il pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur… — Sonya Sones
I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world. — Miranda July
It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler… — David Sedaris
You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it… — Jodi Picoult
Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs — Karl Lagerfeld
The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine — Karl Lagerfeld
To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Yours is... il sent comme lavande." Is that French for 'You stink'?" It means 'lavender'." Huh." She sniffed at her wrist. "I thought I smelled… — Lynn Viehl

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