Famous Quotes & Sayings

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Karl Lagerfeld

There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.

Sigrid Agren

I always watch the French news on the Internet while having my breakfast.

Megan Hilty

I'm a sucker for French fries - I love that they're salty!

Michel Hazanavicius

Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

French society was a lot more violent in the 1960s and 70s,

French retailing has shown signs of strength. Germany on the other hand does not look so good.

Guillaume Apollinaire

French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.

If at first you don't succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

I don't think I was at the level I was at the French Open or the other times I played her, but Mary played well,

Joanne Harris

I have an English identity and a French identity. When I'm in France, I'm more outgoing. And the French part of me cooks, whereas the English part of me writes.

David Blunkett

If I pleaded guilty to a mistake while I was home secretary, it wasn't that I didn't get tough - my God, I put immigration and security officials on French soil for the first time.

Lleyton Hewitt

I feel good and hopefully can raise my game for the French Open next week.

I can tell you in Washington we have no better partner right now on most of these issues that occupy the Security Council... than the French government.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

Dwight Howard

I try not to have a lot of sugar in my system. If I have sugar for breakfast, whether that be fruit or some pancakes or French toast, they'll make sure all of the meals for the rest of the day have no sugar in them. I try to take the sugar out of my diet.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Francoise Gilot

What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go forward, to be more exaggerated than in Europe. Many times the rough ideas come from the States, then they are refined in Europe. The American women and the French women are still the best-dressed.

Chris Pine

I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.

Madame de Stael

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Ellsworth Huntington

The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.

Li Keqiang

China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.

Voltaire

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Stephen Colbert

My father always wanted to be 'Col-bear.' He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, 'Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody.' And he was dead long before I made my decision.

Sophie Marceau

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

Sophie Marceau

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

Sophie Marceau

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

This was opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge in the Spanish, French and German languages.

Quincy Jones

After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.