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Frenchman: Germans with good food.

— Fran Lebowitz

“My daughters-in-law, you know..." she shrugs her rounded shoulders resignedly. "They are such sweet girls, good mothers, kind to me..." "And such bad cooks!"…

— Stacey Ballis

“The chef turned back to the housekeeper. “Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur and Madame Rutledge?” The sheets,” she said succinctly.…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Throw those Germans into a carriage, will you,” said he to one of his hirelings, a man who was accustomed to doing what was…

— Marquis de Sade

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany.

— Juan Manuel Fangio

“The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh . The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk . Leave it to the Germans…

— Cynthia Ozick

“When I am billeted a German home even for one night I go out and search for the chickens and rabbits or pets and…

— Robert M. Edsel

“It's not her fault she can't cook." "You are too nice natured, darling. You won't get anywhere in this world being kind and generous.…

— Rhys Bowen

“Well, I must own that you are not at all goodnatured to your sisters," she said frankly. "Not that I blame you for that…

— Georgette Heyer

“You Americans are a very singular people," he later recalled to one of his friends. "I went with my automaton all over my own…

— Tom Standage

“I’m a lousy housewife, Marc, and do I know it. Why didn’t you pick yourself a nice little French girl who cooks?” “Because you…

— Romain Gary

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

— S. J. Perelman