France Quotes - page 29

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good. (Mireille Guiliano)
In #‎ France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it. View quote
Mireille Guiliano
For the jihadists, Muslim women who embrace Western mores, and wear tight jeans or mini skirts, are hated symbols of corruption that need to be eradicated. For the ideological mentors of Breivik, a similar disturbance comes from the burqa, which is banned in France and Belgium, partly thanks to their efforts. View quote
Mustafa Akyol
I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well. View quote
Nathalie Sarraute
Near Marseilles in the south of France, bouillabaisse is a cult food. In Toulouse and Carcassonne, the bean-based stew cassoulet is a cult food. Spain has paella and a number of others. Italy has so many, its cuisine is practically defined by them. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
In France, a hip replacement was captured using two GoPros in a stereoscopic 3D arrangement. Students can watch the surgery using a virtual reality headset. View quote
Nick Woodman
My message to France and Europe is that we will make sure Venezuela won't witness the rise of another Pinochet. And we will do it the democratic way. View quote
Nicolas Maduro
Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it. View quote
Olivier Martinez
When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world. View quote
Olivier Megaton
Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S. View quote
Olivier Megaton
The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract. (Peter Hall)
It is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal. View quote
Pierre Laval
I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now. View quote
Pierre Laval
Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers! View quote
Pierre Laval
A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France. View quote
Quentin Blake
As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history. I was in my academic corner writing about Enlightenment ideals when the Internet exploded the world of academic communication in the 1990s. View quote
Robert Darnton
I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors. View quote
Robert W. Service
France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal. View quote
Rich Lowry
I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town in France. Hip hop has made a huge impact on urban culture. Yet many brands still don't speak to young people in a tone and manner that's representative of them. View quote
Steve Stoute
American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France. View quote
Suzanne Fields
I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end of my days. (Sylvia Kristel)
In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke. View quote
Scott Thompson
They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that. View quote
T. R. Knight
Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan. View quote
Tracy Austin
Not many French producers work the American way. In France, the director decides everything, he has final cut. I'm trying to do things differently, without the Luc Besson solution. View quote
Thomas Langmann