Top 1200 French Quarter Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

Might be a quarter life crisis, just disturbin' in my soul.

I'm a quarter Indian; my grandfather's originally from New Delhi.

I'm a quarter of an inch taller than Jonathan at 6-foot-4 1/2.

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'

I've had quarter horses for the last 18 years.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

I do think they [French] view my writing itself as exotic - though that's probably not the best term for it - to a small extent, mainly because I say things that most French writers would probably hesitate to say for fear of offending someone or upsetting public sensibilities. I don't think that answers the question, but I'm not much good at figuring readers out or I would probably be writing bestsellers.

When we strengthen our relations with the Gulf states, when we cooperate with the Arabs, everybody asks if we are looking for a new geopolitical place. But in the Middle East and the Gulf, you can find German, French and British goods everywhere. German relations to these states are very good, as are English and French relations. Does this make them Arab-oriented?

If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola.

A quarter-final won't be good enough at all, because we want to win it.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

I really don't like thoroughbreds, but I was getting bored with quarter horses.

One of the greatest things I've ever seen happen was the morning I opened the newspaper and it said that some very powerful government officials had decided to change the name of “french fries” to “freedoom fries” and “french toast” to “freedom toast”. It was impressive. I wanted to write a letter to them just to thank them, just for proving globally that they were absolute imbeciles.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

I think we can all relate to a quarter life crisis when we see one.

Star Wars Episode Three (And One Quarter): Revenge Of The Hicks

Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours.

My wife and I started a breeding program where we breed American quarter horses.

One quarter of what you buy will turn out to be mistakes.

I was in the business for almost a quarter of a century, and I'm very proud of my career.

Fundamentals in the gaming sector remained relatively healthy during the first quarter.

I think British men build up the idea of us French girls having some magic extra sex appeal so much, they lose their heads. I can't really understand the whole thing - but it makes me laugh. It's such a cliche to think all French girls are well dressed, elegant, sophisticated and sexy. Some are utter slobs, I promise you that.

I'm a real Swede! In fact, I'm a quarter Finnish.

It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud.

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century.

They get to the quarter-finals, Bill, I'll show up with a dress on

[Donna] Brazile was giving [Donald] Trump no quarter.

You fool! You're 30 cents away from having a quarter!

We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing.

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

I've always been kind of a fourth-quarter guy.

A rainbow which lasts for a quarter of an hour is looked at no longer.

I stay away from sweets. I'll treat myself here and there, but I'll stay away from fried foods, but I love French fries. I'll treat myself once a week to some French fries.

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.

I get joy, and actually, a high... by putting a quarter in a meter.

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

A vegetarian? Are you insane? That's worse than bein' a quarter demon!

Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.

Whether you like it or not, France's history is unique in Europe. Not to put too fine a point on it, France is a country of regicidal monarchists. It is a paradox: The French want to elect a king, but they would like to be able to overthrow him whenever they want. The office of president is not a normal office - that is something one should understand when one occupies it. You have to be prepared to be disparaged, insulted and mocked - that is in the French nature.

Paul Laverty is a wonderful writer and we've worked together for a quarter of a century.

That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French say the British did it and the British say the French did it, but he died before the test for arsenic was available.

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

My heart beats in three-quarter time.

I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first Vogue cover. It was French Vogue - I think in ’87 or ’88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, "Oh, no. We’ve never had that before."

The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.

It is rarely remembered now that socialism in its beginnings was frankly authoritarian. It began quite openly as a reaction against the liberalism of the French Revolution. The French writers who laid its foundation had no doubt that their ideas could be put into practice only by a strong dictatorial government. The first of modern planners, Saint-Simon, predicted that those who did not obey his proposed planning boards would be 'treated as cattle'.

But size isn't everything - effort and intensity is, especially in the fourth quarter.

(T)he most important reason American leftists love France is that French elites say bad things about America. French intellectuals call us racist, stupid, imperialistic, simplistic, etc. ' and that alone is proof of their intellectualism. So long as you call America “racist,” you could add that an enema is as good as a toothbrush and some professor of “communications theory” would applaud.

Hello I'm John Morrison and you can bounce a quarter off my abs.

I've wanted to make a film about French youth since I went to Cannes with my first film 'Kids' in 1995 ... Scribe's screenplay is about French kids today, and the world today. Just like my films 'Kids' and 'Ken Park', this will be a movie like you have never seen before.

Always take an extra quarter to the laundry room.

Food can be utilized for economic reasons, like the grain embargo of Carter 40 years ago. You have a political decision, you are going to move the flow of food in a part of the world and not another part of the world. And certainly now, with the way the country is polarized and all that, you wouldn't want to have a French menu, with a French thing - you'd be crucified! Or anything like that. You have to be a real American and apple pie and this and that.

In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the American Revolution was successful--realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime--while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.

By county, there's like 14 different accents in Mississippi alone. And now, present day, a Mississippi accent is different than in 1963. So we had a dialect coach, which is like going to visit France and having to translate all your emotions into French, and French isn't your first language. I had to go through that filter, so it was interesting.

I get Head and Tail like a quarter... in that order.

We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter.