France Quotes - Page 4

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

France has given us the best filmmakers and food.

I hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet

I cannot prevent the French from being French

Far less envy in America than in France.

I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable.

I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.

Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France.

France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.

Since visiting the abatoirs of S. France I have stopped eating meat.

We all make mistakes. Luckily for us, there are very few mistakes that cant be solved with a suitable application of either lipstick or hand grenades" - Frances Brown

I have been in Paris for almost a week and I have not heard anyone say calories, or cholesterol, or even arterial plaque. The French do not season their food with regret.

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.

Keep carefully not of all scrapes and quarrels. They lower a character extremely; and are particularly dangerous in France, wherea man is dishonoured by not resenting an affront, and utterly ruined by resenting it.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.