Georges Pompidou Quotes

France, Politician
July 5, 1911 – April, 2, 1974.

The Centre Pompidou is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini.

The rest of the world cannot be expected to regulate its life by a clock which is always slow.

Georges Pompidou
- Life
- Clock
- Regulate
He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

Georges Pompidou
- Myself
- Stand
- Imitated

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.

Georges Pompidou
- Take
- Seriously
- Riots
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

Georges Pompidou
- Service
- Nation
- Statesman
There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.

Georges Pompidou
- Man
- Ways
- Spoil
There are three way of courting ruin - women, gambling, and calling in technicians.

Georges Pompidou
- Women
- Ruin
- Gambling
My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

Georges Pompidou
Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream.

Georges Pompidou
- Dream
- City
- Visions