Quotes About France

Without papers it was simply impossible to move from a hostile France across a hostile Spain and a not exactly sympathetic Portugal and thence reach an overseas country that was itself fussily bureaucratic.

So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are the more respectable they will seem.

France is a very paternalistic society where people have to be introduced.

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

It took longer for the fork to gain acceptance in England because it was thought to be a feminine utensil. Thomas Coryate, an English traveler and philosopher who had been to Italy and France, published a book in 1611 that included the Italian custom of eating with a fork. He declared himself the first man in London to eat with a fork.

Be grateful you're not in the forest in France Where the average young person just hasn't a chance To escape from the perilous pants eating plants But your pants are safe, you're a fortunate guy You ought to be shouting how lucky am I

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

There aren't any dancing girls in Bitter Springs," Finn said. "Leastways not he kind that kick their legs so high in the air you can see..." He leaned forward, looked around Kellen for this brother, and asked, "What do you call it?" "France," Rabbit said. "They kick their legs so high you can see France." Finn nodded. He looked up at Kellen. "You ever seen France?" Kellen sighed feelingly. "Not in a long while.

Aujourd'hui, rien. That's what Louis XVI wrote in his diary on the day of the storming of the Bastille.

DneÅ¡ní Francie není zemí rovných pÃ…â"¢íležitostí, rasismus je zde krutou realitou, jako ostatnÄ› vÅ¡ude jinde na svÄ›tÄ›. Ale hulákat, že se nezmÄ›nila od dob kolonializmu, je jako poplivat památku tÄ›ch, kteÃ…â"¢í skute?nÄ› pod vládou koloniálního imperializmu trpÄ›li.

In France they have two kinds, freedom and communist. In the U.S. they just have one kind: freedom.

France is not England, and nowhere do they differ more than in their attitude towards intellectuals, toward women, and toward those who happen to be both.

On 27 October 1946 the French constitution was finally changed to include among the basic principles of the Republic the law 'guaranteeing women equal rights to those of men in all spheres', and the national elections a month later in November were the first in which women in France were able to participate.

The first goal to be able to divide my life between two lovely places, an island off the coast of France and a village surrounded by Spanish mountains has been achieved.

I taught a master class in film in France, and that was a great experience because I got a chance to study the French film culture and the French film history, so to add... just to expand myself just personally and professionally was really helpful.

Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways.

As for the role of France and Germany: French politics is often more self-confident then German politics due to the catastrophe in the first half of the last century. If Berlin and Paris don't agree, then it is difficult to make progress in Europe.

This programme would only really make sense and work properly if it was also broadcast on France's international television channel TV5. So I ended up with a double production, on France 2 and TV5.

Our property, we've taken the position that we're phasing out the Confederate flag.

Nikki is obsessed with France and its culture, so it made total sense to propose there.

The revolution breaks out; they form this group of swordsmen called the Black Legion. Alex Dumas is there at every moment, protecting the revolution and protecting France, and he rises to the equivalent of a four-star general.

They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.

Why they came east I don't know. They had spent a year in France, for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. This was a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn't believe it—I had no sight into Daisy's heart but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.