Paris Quotes

758 Paris quotes by 545 unique authors

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended, — Alan Furst
I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager… — Harry Houdini
Tree of Liberty: A tree set up by the people, hung with flags and devices, and crowned with a cap of liberty. The Americans of… — E. Cobham Brewer
Rick Blaine: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have Paris, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa… — Humphrey Bogart
You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it… — Allen Ginsberg
The national characteristics... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with… — Lawrence Durrell
Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past. — Unknown Author
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street cafÃ©. — Oscar Hammerstein II
It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French. — James A. Baldwin
Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman. — John Berger
Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant. — Honore de Balzac
You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that… — Owen Wilson
Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens
I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. — Josephine Baker
Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail. — Edmund White
London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation. — Ernest Hemingway
Lise: Paris has ways of making people forget. Jerry: Paris? No, not this city. It's too real and too beautiful. It never lets you forget… — Leslie Caron
Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her… — Anne Rice
What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world! — Charles Dickens
A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly… — Kate Simon

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