French Quotes

You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'

The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.

You're always compared to someone, especially when you're a French actress.

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.

If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War - they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play.

I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values.

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

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 same as that of a French poet.

The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

I was hit many times in various parts of the body, including my right leg, and thank God I am recovering. I was also severely wounded in my left leg. Iraqi and French doctors will conduct an operation shortly and, God willing, I will recover.

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart.

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.