French Language Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

In order to translate a sentence from English into French two things are necessary. First, we must understand thoroughly the English sentence. Second, we must… — George Polya
I don't know what it is about the french language, it seems to be scared of coming out of the mouth so it comes out… — P.D.Q. Bach
I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk. — Oscar Wilde
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in… — Lytton Strachey
A French politician once wrote that it was a peculiarity of the French language that in it words occur in the order in which one… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more… — Bernard Pivot
In the past the French came to Germany less with the desire to understand it than with a zealous desire to interpret, to analyze it… — Walter Abish
Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was… — Robert Fitzgerald
I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. — Francois Hollande
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to… — Florence King
Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it. — Maurice Druon
We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married… — David Amram
When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although… — Francois Hollande

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