#paris

The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw. ↗

— Humphry Davy

#collection #contain #ever #finest #frames

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#consideration #enjoyed #had #i #into

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#city #due #fact #immensely #just

I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#bad #become #comparison #cyclical #days

Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq has a bureaucracy, Iraq has wealth. Iraq has an educated class of people who are positioned to come in and take over. ↗

— Peter King

#better #between #bureaucracy #class #come

I am finished with cities. I spent four years in New York, ten in Paris, and I was in Belgrade for a while. To me now they are just airports. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#cities #finished #four #i #i am

The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#bring #comparison #differences #institutions #language

America is my country and Paris is my hometown. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#country #hometown #paris

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#comparison #dream #get #him #i

The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#fashion #influence #instance #lot #minimal