Quotes About French

I was a typical French student of the 1990s - I imagined that, after a short excursion, I would work the rest of my life at home.

I've always had a strange acting life. I'm the daughter of a director, and a very French, typical director who fell in love with every single one of his actresses. And that's also something that's kind of normal in the acting business, because everything is based on desire, one way or the other.

Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.

There was another war-related casualty today. The French were injured when they tried to jump on our bandwagon.

She turned her painted blue eyes toward the assistant and said something in French before she left.

The squealing little arse-gerbil.

Stephen shrugged. "Yeah. Well. I said I would." "Ah. Are we having issues?" "This feels sleazy." "I promise I'll respect you in the morning.

For months she had slowly been turning into my own secret magnetic north.

general-purpose majestic half smile.

What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this—two things: I crave truth. And I lie.

I said, "Please tell me that little story wasn't your excuse for killing two people." There was a very long silence. Then Shay said, "How long were you listening at that door?

Cause and effect isn't a luxury. Take it away and we're left paralyzed, clinging to some tiny raft lurching wild and random on endless black sea.

Wherever you've got a migrant culture, the food evolves and in New Orleans it's that French and Spanish influence. So you get gumbo, which came out of French bouillabaisse, jambalaya - a version of paella - and the boudin sausage, which is like the French boudin.

The French Revolution ends slavery unilaterally. And it does so at this moment when the British, the Spanish, the Portuguese and the Americans - all of the other major powers - keep slavery. And the fact is that it's almost bankrupting the French Colonial Empire.

I'm terrible at languages. I'm trying to learn Spanish. I tried to learn French as a kid.

French women have been made beautiful by the French people - they're very aware of their bodies, the way they move and speak, they're very confident of their sexuality. French society's made them like that.

I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.

Speaking French is good for me and also a mark of respect for the PSG institution.

Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side.

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

I'm always looking for a way to get some spice into my cooking but, generally, the French don't like spicy food.

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English.

I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us.

I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'