French Quotes
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She brought forth a piece of wood into which she had burned a French saying which our friend Franz had used to cheer us, in Osterburg: La vie est belle, et elle commence demain. “Life is beautiful, and it begins tomorrow."
Edith Hahn Beer
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Two heavyset, rough-looking men were arguing about politics, and he was struck anew by a thought he used to have often when he lived here: there is no such thing as a French tough guy. A French tough guy, even if he’s tough as nails, speaks French, and therefore isn’t very tough at all. These men looked like boxers, but they were speaking a feminine language and sipping daintily from tiny espresso cups. Schiller, six-foot-something and wide, always felt terribly manly in France, the land of fragile men.
Brian Morton
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Stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.
Gertrude Atherton
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I don’t like water. I drink Diet Coke. Nor do I smoke, or drink alcohol or even sip a café. I don’t look after myself. I don’t do yoga, Pilates, those things. I hate physical effort, I don’t run anywhere, but I am super-energetic. Make-up? I just black my eyes and that’s it. My hair? I get it cut on set (fashion shoots), I never go to a hairdresser. I’m not sure I’m French. You think I’m not smart enough?
Emmanuelle Alt
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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.
John Locke
Nazareth
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The French got enough from the Germans to save them from starvation; but many a woman sold herself for a loaf or a chunk of sausage.
Ernst Toller
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I enjoyed learning French, and I enjoyed speaking French.
Ben Miller
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Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.
Catherine Malandrino
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My mother is from Paris, so she was quite a fashion plate. I always had that French influence at home.
Nicole Miller
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French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the UK may well prove to be a major asset in this effort.
David Graddol
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French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.
Eva Green
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The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.
Gertrude Atherton
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The more I go to the movies, the more I like French movies.
Claude Lelouch
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I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!'
Eva Green
