#france

The French have the right respect for dogs--in France we chiens get to go to lunch and dinner anytime, anywhere. ↗

— Sheron Long

#dog-trots-globe #food #france #humor #food

Thomas Jefferson asked himself “In what country on earth would you rather live ” He first answered “Certainly in my own where are all my friends my relations and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life.” But he continued “which would be your second choice ” His answer “France. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#home #life

The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. ↗

— Frédéric Bastiat

#france #government #history #liberal #libertarian

I met you at the cornerstone on the highway to bedlam./Walked with you to the pinnacle, along that ledge to hell,/Traveled along the passageway of all things aching,/But would crawl with you if you wanted me to/On the steeple point to hope./So we can tip the stars and hold the moon,/Graze the sun, but make it soon. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#locaction- #song-lyrics

What shall we do, all of us? All of us oassionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts? ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#francesca-lia-block #love #love

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. ↗

— Anatole France

#english #french #love #passion #prefer

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#government #laugh #nothing #should #were

I like health-conscious cooking, but growing up in the South, I do love southern cooking; southern France, southern Italy, southern Spain. I love southern cooking. ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#france #growing #growing up #i #i do

Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#because #blame #celebrity #crazy #did

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#decline #europe #france #i #myself