Beginning Quote by Francois Hollande

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

— Joseph Epstein

I am French before everything.

— Blaise Matuidi

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!

— Julia Child

However well you know the French language you've learnt it the wrong way, not as a native speaker would. That's my problem as well.

— Christian Karlson Stead

I hope the better I speak French, the better I will play.

— Daniil Medvedev

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

— Alain Prost

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

— Sean Connery

I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English.

— Alaina Huffman

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

In my time also when you do good, Frenchmen don't like it.

— Eddy Merckx

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

— Kristin Scott Thomas