Quotes About Culture

I think France should be free, independent, and be the cultural heart of the world because those play a balance in the world.

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

France is my home.

I don't want to return to France; France doesn't tempt me at all. I like England.

In America, sex is preached; in France, it is done.

In France they don't think I'm difficult.

I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there.

The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.

In America it's good to show people you are fine, you're healthy, you're sporty, you're happy to do things, to live. And in France it's more like you don't have to show you have success.

In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.

China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories.

France was always a little scary to me. I had the preconception that France was a bit hoity-toity.

France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.

I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.

France is, for me, the country of happiness.

It's a choice of civilization. I will be the president of those French who want to continue living in France as the French do.

If you were asking me how it is to be a Muslim in America, it's much harder to be a North African in France than to be a foreigner here in America.

In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing.

It's fine to discuss money in France, as long as you're complaining that you don't have enough, or boasting about getting a bargain.

I am French. I was born here, I live here and France is my cultural identity.

I really want to learn French so I think it would be great to go and live in France and maybe learn the language for a few months.

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there's a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com's so it's a little different than it used to be.

I grew up not liking coffee, even though I'm from Brazil. Then I realized when I moved to San Francisco that it's not that I don't like coffee, I just didn't like the coffee I'd had before. I fell in love with my morning cup of coffee, and my second one at 11 A.M., and so on and so forth.