French Quotes

We love only what we do not wholly possess.

The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine.

Certain foods no longer agree with me. If I eat French fries, I might feel sick to my stomach.

Democracy, thus French revolution, was not invented by philosophic theory nor by the bourgeois leadership. It was discovered by the masses in their method of action.

In his lifetime the great French impressionist painter Corot painted 2000 canvases. Of that number, 3000 are in the United States.

My weakness is pizza, any form of carbohydrate. I like junk carbohydrates, I like cheap greasy cheeseburgers, quality french fries.

I like to watch French movies with the volume up so my neighbors could think I'm terrorist.

The nation-state became powerful in the wake of the French Revolution, whereas the nation-state has become powerless in light of globalization.

I'm not the healthiest eater, but I try to watch what I eat during the week. I kind of splurge on the weekends and eat french fries and pizza.

I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

The price of love is only love, ... one must love if one desires to be loved.

Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.

I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries.

I try to have no absolute nos. I love french fries, I like a good burger, and I like pie. And that's okay.

I would love to live in Paris and speak French. That would make me feel glamorous!

Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.

I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, But I'm intercontinental when I eat French toast.

Two Polish men at Halloween with burned faces. What happened? They were bobbing for french fries.

I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.

Accents are very sexy. American girls who speak French are very attractive to a Frenchman. Anything exotic or different is attractive.

Nearly all Italian officers speak French.

It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French.

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.

At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.

The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required to prevent the country from breaking up

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.

The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence with the great French Revolution.

There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.

If somebody had started on a remake of French Kiss before I announced my own film, I would have dropped my subject. If someone else starts after me, what am I to do?

Hell, I don't know if he speaks French.

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.

I wish for the thing that is best for me.

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

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

Like a jerk, I went to a nutritionist and I ate the most repulsive, awful things. I didn't allow myself to eat chocolate cake and french fries and cheeseburgers.

There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.

Before a shoot, I'll watch what I eat. During the shoot, I watch what I eat. Afterwards, the first thing I do is go have a steak and French fries.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.

Mondays I sleep. I go in at ten, do my lift, watch the game from the day before. Tuesday is off, but I go in, lift, watch film. Then I have French toast with my sister.

I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.

Canada could have enjoyed: English government, French culture, and American know-how. Instead it ended up with: English know-how, French government, and American culture.

There's no way New Orleans will ever be the city it was. I think it will have half the population. They may create a sort of Disneyland at the French Quarter for tourists. The rest I don't know

People say that I can't speak French. C'est pas vraiment placé. I'm getting better every day. I just have to keep practising. That's the truth.

I dont think theres a back lot here in Hollywood anymore that has those streets, like a French Quarter.

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.

I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping.

I don't like people who speak French in public places. This includes the French.

How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question.