I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.

Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is one of the most striking of our modern national genius.

The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use.

The French flag is the only one to have a staff a thousand feet tall.

No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

A mother is a dealer of hope.

I do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. It is rather the end result of a life journey.

The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them.

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.

The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.

In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and I've lived in the inner city and ghetto.

I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my villains and also a sense of humor whenever that is possible.