Accepting Quote by James Callaghan

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world,…

— Bernard Pivot

One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do.

— Mads Mikkelsen

French: why does this language even exist? Everyone there speaks english anyway.

— Meg Cabot

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English,…

— Francois Hollande

French is the most beautiful,” he said, “and Italian is the most poetic, and Russian the most powerful, German the most solid. But more…

— Pearl S. Buck

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

— Simon Baker

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

— Lionel Jospin

I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.

— Corneille Ewango

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of…

— Bernard Pivot

The French are very individualistic.

— Eric Rohmer

Now I’m really glad that I speak French, because, let’s face it, girls dig it when a guy speaks French. They call it the…

— Justin Bieber

Many Europeans think that all Moroccans speak French, but no. I had to make an effort to learn it when I studied French literature…

— Abdellah Taia