One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. Votes: 6
Gustave FlaubertFrance is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. Votes: 4
Billy WilderI think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France. Votes: 4
Adrian LyneI grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking. Votes: 4
Robert StackIt is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. Votes: 4
Gertrude SteinRemember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne! Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillFrance could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support. Votes: 3
Francois MitterrandThe impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward. Votes: 3
Pierre SchaefferFrance needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers. Votes: 3
Napoleon BonaparteKings are for nations in their swaddling-clothes: France has attained her majority. Votes: 3
Victor HugoI like France, where everybody thinks he's Napoleon--down here everybody thinks he's Christ. Votes: 3
F. Scott FitzgeraldGolf without Jones would be like France without Paris: leaderless, lightless and lonely. Votes: 3
Herbert WindGoing to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion Votes: 3
Gen. H. Norman SchwartzkopfI've always considered the French-speaking part of Switzerland as a province of France. Votes: 3
Jean-Luc GodardBeing nationalistic in France has nothing in common with being patriotic in America. Votes: 3
Thomas BangalterHe had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind, including Frenchmen. Votes: 3
John Maynard KeynesThere is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny. Votes: 3
Francois HollandeIn France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class. Votes: 3
Gaspar NoeThanks to the Tour de France, riding the Champs-Elysees has a great cycling history. Votes: 3
Marianne VosOnce you've lived in France, you don't want to live anywhere else, including France. Votes: 3
John AshberyFrance is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. Votes: 3
Gustave CourbetI might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. Votes: 3
Charles de GaulleYou can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion. Votes: 3
Claire DenisSocialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it. Votes: 3
Maurice DruonEngland understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French. Votes: 3
Eva GreenA country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. Votes: 3
Jean-Pierre RaffarinPeople think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey. Votes: 3
Jean Paul GaultierI don't have to negotiate an arms agreement with Great Britain or with France. Votes: 3
Barack ObamaFor the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down. Votes: 3
Henry A. KissingerI think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals. Votes: 3
PeleOthers import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance. Votes: 3
Alexander PopeThe Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending. Votes: 3
Francois FillonFrance will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal. Votes: 3
Rich Lowry"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen." Votes: 3
S. J. PerelmanIf living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country. Votes: 3
Nicolas SarkozyThere is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France. Votes: 3
Walid JumblattThe average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that. Votes: 3
Jean-Luc GodardYou're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. Votes: 3
Donald RumsfeldYou're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. Votes: 3
Donald RumsfeldFrance has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude. Votes: 3
Marianne FaithfullFrom France, you can call anywhere in the world for free. Americans can't do that! Votes: 3
Xavier NielI don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt. Votes: 3
Francois HollandeForeigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working. Votes: 3
Karl LagerfeldFrance is the most civilized country in the world and doesn't care who knows it. Votes: 3
John GuntherOur special task, as French Canadians, is to insert into America the spirit of Christian France. Votes: 3
Henri BourassaI spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France. Votes: 3
John TeshThere is an Islamic population in France, most of which comes from the North African countries. Votes: 3
Jean-Marie Le PenIt {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant. Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanFrance is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same. Votes: 3
Honore de BalzacIndeed, the Englishman's history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France. Votes: 3
Henry David ThoreauIf it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. Votes: 3
Nicolas ChamfortI am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm. Votes: 3
Bernard HinaultItaly and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth. Votes: 3
Edmund PhelpsIt's very difficult in France to get access to castings when you don't have any relationships. Votes: 3
Berenice MarloheI hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come. Votes: 3
Harvey WeinsteinI am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France. Votes: 3
Lionel JospinIf I could snap my fingers and import France's health care system today, I'd do it. Votes: 3
Kevin DrumListen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France. Votes: 3
Jeb HensarlingWithout the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France. Votes: 3
John DeweyMy parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France. Votes: 3
Emmanuelle BeartTelecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France. Votes: 3
Xavier NielWe don't have drama in public schools in France. I had never taking an acting class. Votes: 3
Stephanie SzostakFrance is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion. Votes: 3
Alphonse de LamartinePeople are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America. Votes: 3
Claude LelouchI had very, very little training in taking an exam to determine a scientist's life in France. Votes: 3
Benoit MandelbrotThe moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power. Votes: 3
Friedrich NietzscheBeing identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect. Votes: 3
James BroughtonA lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France. Votes: 3
Quentin BlakeThey like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there. Votes: 3
Marcel ProustI've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount Votes: 3
Ernst LubitschI have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so. (15th February 1945) Votes: 3
Adolf HitlerFrance has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. Votes: 3
Mark TwainFrance is a country you have to drive through to get to Italy. That's all it's for. Votes: 3
James MayIn France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else. Votes: 3
Valerie TrierweilerAs in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty. Votes: 3
Wilfred BurchettAmerica in some ways is much more of a democracy then France. It is and it's not. Votes: 3
Gaspar NoeWhat I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country. Votes: 3
Samuel JohnsonWell, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven. Votes: 3
Keren AnnIn France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family. Votes: 3
Charlotte GainsbourgIf Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago. Votes: 3
Townsend HarrisI'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. Votes: 3
Alex FergusonI have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that. Votes: 3
Anthony GearyI have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family. Votes: 3
Francois GautierIn France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny. Votes: 3
Karl LagerfeldCheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France Votes: 3
William ShakespeareFor all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France. Votes: 3
Charles de GaulleI was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there. Votes: 3
Lorraine BraccoWhy go to France when you can smell the same people in coffee shops here in America. Votes: 3
Felipe EsparzaGermany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others. Votes: 3
Edmund PhelpsI have to admit that WWII France was not at all on my radar for Kristin Hannah. Votes: 3
Megan ChanceI like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time. Votes: 3
Jessica AlbaFrance was an occupied country, a country that surrendered and was left without the right to choose. Votes: 3
Jean-Marie Le PenWe always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. Votes: 3
Duke of WellingtonThe favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France' Votes: 3
Tom BrokawIn France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. Votes: 3
Alain DucasseIf Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France. Votes: 3
Pierre SalingerAt my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard. Votes: 3
Alain DucasseTo see the films coming out of France is to break into a vast treasure and become liberated... Votes: 3
Mick LaSalleI saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword. Votes: 3
Napoleon BonaparteI use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use. Votes: 3
Edward HopperFrance must be an example to the world in the quality of its food, starting with its children, Votes: 3
Bruno Le MaireVersailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full. Votes: 3
Francis Parkman[On Napoleon assuming power in France:] The time of Fable is over, the time of History has begun. Votes: 3
Josephine de BeauharnaisI've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts. Votes: 3
Lance ArmstrongFrance was always a little scary to me. I had the preconception that France was a bit hoity-toity. Votes: 3
April BloomfieldI stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom. Votes: 3
Emmanuelle BeartYou know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. Votes: 3
Marjane SatrapiIn France, ballet is on TV ... It's on the eight-o'clock news. It's a cool thing to be a dancer. Votes: 3
Benjamin MillepiedIn France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten. Votes: 3
VoltaireOne of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France. Votes: 3
James CroninAnd would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France? Votes: 3
William Alexander PercyFrance is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper. Votes: 3
Billy WilderAll monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain. Votes: 3
John WilmotIt's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English. Votes: 3
Eric CantonaMy goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet. Votes: 3
Francois HollandeYou don't want to spend much time in Germany or even France in the winter unless you're in the Alps. Votes: 3
Chris FrantzNapoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place? Votes: 3
StendhalIn France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life. Votes: 3
Yael NaimMy mother is an actress and very well known in France; hence, I move to London to start my own life. Votes: 3
Eva GreenIt is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal. Votes: 3
Pierre LavalMen take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet. Votes: 3
Deborah Moggach