Quotes About French

Except a pot in French is not called a pot, but a casserole. Unless it has two handles, in which case it's a cocotte.

Charantais melons

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Speciàl" is one of those elusive French words that means something (or someone is...peculiar. The use of it is one of the rare times that the French are noncommittal about their opinion.

what the French call une soupe au lait: a once-calm pot of milk, warmed up on the stovetop, that was threatening to boil over.

Spécial is one of those elusive French words that means something (or someone) is…peculiar.

Sink-searching meant I had to expand my French vocabulary yet again. There aren't just sinks in France: there are éviers, lave-mains, bacs à lave, bassins, vasques, and lavabos. Each type of sink has its own raison d'être.

As soon as I got the baguette outside, I'd pinch off the crusty end—le quignon

croissant ordinaire, made with margarine, rather than a croissant au beurre.

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

I can never forgive God for having invented the French

It is astonishing that Monod's Les Adieux are not better known. This courageous French Reformed pastor was both passionate in his care for people and singular in his devotion to God.

A French poet famously referred to the aroma of certain cheeses as the 'pieds de Dieu'—the feet of god. Just to be clear: foot odor of a particularly exalted quality, but still—foot odor.

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

I'm sure that a French production of this [Maigret series] would be different. For better or worse, who's to say, but probably not very good for 8 o'clock on ITV.

I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French like them.

My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength.

Canada could have enjoyed: English government, French culture, and American know-how. Instead it ended up with: English know-how, French government, and American culture.

We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

I don't ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.

That amenity which the French have developed into a great art . . . conversation.

French people should be prioritised clandestine immigrants get 100 per cent refund on healthcare while two-thirds of French people can't afford medical help. Charity begins at home.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.