#france

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. ↗

— Stendhal

#envy #far #far less #france #less

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man. ↗

— Stendhal

#both #desire #especially #fashionable #fine

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#france #hotel #loves #son #south

My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#efforts #employment #fairly #feet #france

Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood. ↗

— Vic Morrow

#castles #crew #duplicated #episodes #france

It's about more than us, now, can't you see? I love you, of course I do, but some things...some things just have to be done. ↗

— Natasha Farrant

#love-story #resistance #starcrossed #wartime #love

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#areas #asked #chicken #children #discover

France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me years ago when I read how her noble sons had defended America in its cradle. Today I am proud that I am one of the millions who will come to save our heroine from the clutches of the villain from across the Rhine. ↗

— William Arthur Sirmon

#france #germany #historical-romance #history #inspirational

He squinted up at the straining muscular backs of the stone men supporing the dome. "You'll have to take me to some museums," he said. He was being the young man on the road, following the sun because gray weather made him suicidal, writing his poetry in his mind in diners and gas station men's rooms across the country. "But I did see a show of Hopper once. And I like his light. It was kind of lonely or something. Or, "The world's a mess, it's in my kiss,' like John and Exene say," he mumbled. We were in a leather store on Market Street being punks on acid with skunk-striped hair and steel-toed boots. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#francesca-lia-block #thorn #men

You are the eternal France, I love you. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#france #i #i love #i love you #love