Top 1200 French Philosopher Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on October 31, 2024.
The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.
Did anybody tell you that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal?
The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.
They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.
On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.
You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.
I've always loved French music. My parents adored it; my father played it on the piano.
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.
Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!
Speaking French is good for me and also a mark of respect for the PSG institution.
I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.
I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.
I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.
I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.
I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldn't make a pet of one.
When things are tough, French athletes tend to pull out great performances.
What I love about French gardens is the combination of formal elegance and intellectual questioning.
The only thing strong about the French Army is their damn body odor.
My primary and secondary education was in French, which had a lasting influence on my life.
I consider myself a 3-D philosopher. I am not a designer at all. I studied aerodynamics, I studied philosophy, I studied sculpture. High technology on one side, and on the other side, art.
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without a heart?
Cantona's expression speaking the whole French dictionary without saying a word.
Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
Food: Part of the spiritual expression of the French, and I do not believe that they have ever heard of calories.
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.
Here's some news you might find surprising: By and large, the French like Jews.
My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.
The French don't have a baseball team. And if they did, there'd only be a left field, and no one would be safe.
I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.
In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.
In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.
Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.
The French have a very deep knowledge of Islam in many areas, and we can exchange views.
There's so much that can be learned from French cooking, especially really traditional, more modest meals.
Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.
Because my father is French, my first school was the Lycee Francais de Londres in Kensington.
We can't be French and Muslim at the same time. And that's exactly what ISIS wants that population to think.
The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs…the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds.
Here's one more from my limited experience with all 3 fields: A writer creates life; a poet creates magic from life; a philosopher tries to understand life.
I am no metaphysician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor and I love the poor. I see what they call the poor of this country and how many there are who feel for them!
I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.
I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.
American-French relations, their pitch and volume, have always been influenced by the media.
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.
I think it is never easy to play a quarterfinal against a French guy, you know.
I've learned from my French husband and the way they eat, it's all about moderation. And that's really sustainable.
I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'
I think the French and the Japanese are both obsessed by seasons, small producers, freshness.
Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.
With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin.
It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.
At sea let the British their neighbours defy —
The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
