The French Language Quotes
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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 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
UGH. Boys. They're like French classno 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
Because French is the language of love, my boy. Something you should keep in mind, but will soon forget.
— William W. Johnstone
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 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
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
French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
— Stephen King