Famous Quotes & Sayings

Napoleon Bonaparte

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

Henri Frederic Amiel

The thirst for truth is not a French passion

Phyllis Rose

The secret of torture, like the secret of French cuisine, is that nothing is unthinkable.

Maurice Allais

It would be just as pointless to oppose the international use of English today as it would have been to oppose the worldwide use of French in the 18th century.

Albert Camus

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.

Lucy Lawless

I've been staying in a lovely little house in the French Quarter, and at first I planned to ride out the storm,

What the French are proposing is just another tier of bureaucracy.

Adam Leipzig

Initially, I was not convinced. I knew the film needed to be translated but I think the French version is valid and I thought there was a way to keep the voices.

Laurent Jalabert

It's impossible to predict if I can do as well as this year or not. I feel the most important thing is to be ready - to be motivated.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

There was a scene where we were making love, but in a very trashy way, and it was supposed to be funny but I didn't feel it was funny.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

In Franc, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.

Andrea Seigel

I've dreamed of having my French bulldog become a bestselling children's heroine.

Leslie Caron

I noticed that when I went to see the rushes or the first showing that there was something quite human in this desperation, and I hadn't planned it.

Kim Raver

I've learned from my French husband and the way they eat, it's all about moderation. And that's really sustainable.

Jean-Marie Messier

I am the most un-French Frenchman you will ever meet.

Jessica Biel

I do like potato chips, French fries and Barney's burgers in L.A. with seasoned curly fries.

If he ran for president in French Polynesia, he'd probably get elected.

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

Carine Roitfeld

I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.

Alaina Huffman

I did a little film called 'Nina,' a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina.

Ethan Zuckerman

I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably.

I don't think there's a problem at all with steroids in the NHL. I can say that.

Tommy Robredo

I am not here to prepare for the French Open. I am here to try to win the tournament,

Charles Perrault

However, Cinderella, in spite of her mean apparel, was a hundred times more handsome than her sisters, though they were always richly dressed.

Christian Lacroix

But it seemed like the more we advanced, the more the future looked impossible, making us return to the more radical times in the past.

Abu Bakar Bashir

Indonesians must understand that there is no Islamic state without the enforcement of Islamic laws. Otherwise it is just talk and nothing else.

I'm not surprised at the students. I am surprised by the reaction of the French government, which is able to say we are doing this to resolve the unemployment issue.

Jean Alesi

I'm not sure they understand everything about racing cars. I am not sure that this is wise.

Eva Green

I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.

Harry Shearer

high and dry. The French were no dummies. They knew where to build.

James Blake

He's sensational. I was impressed by him at the French Open but maybe it'll be a little different here in New York.

How does any place influence one's poetry? Sometimes I joke that Hypothesis is about an Alberta boy's struggle to have French boyfriends.

Lily Cole

It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids.