French Quotes

1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors

Why would we expect the French to fight to liberate the Iraqis when they wouldn't fight to liberate themselves? — Rush Limbaugh
I don't really think of most non-English as people, more or less indigenous squirrels that I fancy to kick around with my snakeskin French Persian… — Thom Yorke
Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French. — Aravind Adiga
I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. Its something that in general can create a bit… — Bernardo Bertolucci
If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it's… — Jay McInerney
Ever since I first visited New Orleans back in '89, I've been intrigued by the French Quarter. I always wanted to set something in the… — Robert Asprin
WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat… — Ambrose Bierce
People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche. — E. V. Lucas
I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece. — Diane Kruger
It's like these people are programmed by Karl Rove. What he wants is to have liberal critics ridicule Bush because he says 'nucular' and 'misunderestimate'… — Noam Chomsky
It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French. — James A. Baldwin
I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood... I… — Michel de Montaigne
You remember the Duke of Wellington was talking of the Battle of Waterloo when he said that it was not that the British soldiers were… — Paul H. Dunn
Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls... searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor... What you are… — Keith Floyd
I don't really have any different cravings from the ones that I had before. I've always liked food that is not good for you, and… — Beyonce Knowles
From time immemorial, soups and broths have been the worldwide medium for utilizing what we call the kitchen byproducts or as the French call them,… — Louis Pullig De Gouy
I know never to take a wine for granted. Drawing a cork is like attendance at a concert or at a play that one knows… — Gerald Asher
French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they aren't panicked about… — Pamela Druckerman
The French aren't perfect, but they have some parenting secrets that really do work. — Pamela Druckerman
Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For… — Harry S. Truman

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