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Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly. — Alice Childress

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it. — Maurice Druon

(optimisme itself was a word that first entered the French language in the eighteenth century). — Kenan Malik

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power. — Lionel Jospin

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic. — Bernard Pivot

French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy. — Ernest Hemingway,

Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and German. — Clarence Nash

What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves? — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A French politician once wrote that it was a peculiarity of the French language that in it words occur in the order in which one thinks them. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies. — Jean-Jacques Annaud

Proximity to this death makes me nostalgic for the French language. — Henri Cole

UGH. Boys. They're like French class
no matter how much I study, I'll never be fluent in the language. — Jen Calonita

The French in particular confuse unadorned direct language with a lack of culture or intellectual elegance. — A.A. Gill

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta. — Belva Plain

Because French is the language of love, my boy. Something you should keep in mind, but will soon forget. — William W. Johnstone

Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it. — Maurice Druon

Language is the source of misunderstandings. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I like how writing can take you off for a jaunt in your head and then set you back down in the chair where you've been all along. — Georgann Low

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. — Francois Hollande

Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned. — Joseph Bottum

I don't know what it is about the french language, it seems to be scared of coming out of the mouth so it comes out the nose instead. — P.D.Q. Bach

I love the French language ... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk. — Oscar Wilde

I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves. — Le Testament D'Orphee

To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices. — Rex Stout

The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. — Wilfrid Laurier

Do you know why the French are so honest? because there are so few words in their language they're forced to be. — William Gaddis

The French: a people who have used their sophisticated culture and beautiful language to bequeath to the world the sliced potato. — Bauvard

French is the language that turns dirt into romance. — Stephen King