Quotes About Culture

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

That's only in America. We don't have French doors in France.

If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch.

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

I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them.

The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French.

Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.

The French have made conversation their claim to civilisation.

I don't like French food. I like everything but French food.

That's the whole thing: You only roast the ones you love. That's why I never make fun of the French.

You may hear from my fabulous accent that I'm French!

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

French was my first language.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

Who buys French cars? Not me.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties.

My mother is French, my father is Texan.

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

It's so French to be a cat person.

Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.'

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.