Speaks French Quotes

• I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

  Horse, War, Italian

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• I don't like people who speak French in public places. This includes the French.

  Ian Shoales

  People, Speak

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• Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

  Juliette Binoche

  Sometimes, Difficult, Adjustment

  "Juliette Binoche for 'Dan in Real Life'". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. October 17, 2007.

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• It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Cards, Diplomatic, Englishmen

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

  Sean Connery

  Wife, Fluent, Speak

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• Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.

  Dylan McDermott

  Sorry, Gay, Paris

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• The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

  Bernard Pivot

  Country, Grace, World

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• Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America, they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec city is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen.

  Sebastian Bach

  Beautiful, Cities, Shopping

  "Ex-Skid Row Frontman Sebastian Bach on What's Cool in Canada". Interview with Avinash Ramsadeen, www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2011.

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• Now I’m really glad that I speak French, because, let’s face it, girls dig it when a guy speaks French. They call it the language of love, and that ain’t no coincidence. Plus, I love my French fans! Très jolie!

  Justin Bieber

  Girl, Language Of Love, Guy

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• I can read more languages than I speak! I speak French and Italian - not very well, alas, but I can get by. I read German and Spanish. I can read Latin (I did a lot of Latin at school.) I'm afraid I do not speak any African languages, although I can understand a little bit of the Zulu-related languages, but only a tiny bit.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Latin, School, Italian

  "National Book Festival: 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Novelist Alexander McCall Smith". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. September 19, 2008.

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• Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English.

  Casey Stengel

  Yankees, Two, Language

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• Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many - even more - things objectionable. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Children, People, Smoking

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• Nearly all Italian officers speak French.

  Hugh Dalton

  Italian, Talking, Officers

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• Hell, I don't know if he speaks French.

  Toe Blake

  Hockey, Nhl, Hell

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• I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.

  Cory Monteith

  Speak

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.

  Mandy Moore

  Mom, College, Blood

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• I would love to live in Paris and speak French. That would make me feel glamorous!

  Amanda Seyfried

  Paris, Glamorous, Feels

  "Amanda Seyfried: The Most Down-To-Earth Member of the Glam New Guard". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. March 2, 2010.

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• In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five.

  Johnny Weir

  Vintage, Skills, World

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• I cut the ribbon in Paris, and everyone in Paris speaks French — maybe you knew that. But I'm from Tennessee, and Tennessee girls don't speak French. So suddenly I'm stuck onstage with Minnie and Mickey and everyone is yelling at me in French — I guess they're telling me to get off the stage, but I didn't know what they were saying at the time, so I start dancing with Minnie and Mickey like on the show and finally my aunt comes and gets me off.

  Miley Cyrus

  Girl, Cutting, Aunt

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• Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

  Mark Haddon

  Understanding, Difficult, Relativity

  Mark Haddon (2012). “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: Vintage Children's Classics”, p.56, Random House

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• I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

  Sean Connery

  Golf, Speak English, Wife

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• Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Men, Looks, Faces

  "The Luck of the Bodkins". Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1935.

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• He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?

  Philippa Gregory

  Latin, Half, Dozen

  Philippa Gregory (2011). “Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• Bon chance, mon ami," Dante called softly. Levet allowed himself a small smile. A vampire who could speak French. He couldn't be all bad.

  Alexandra Ivy

  Vampire, Chance, Speak

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• John Kerry speaks French fluently. Democrats are saying he's one in a million. A war hero who speaks French, isn't it more like one in a trillion?

  Jay Leno

  War, Hero, Democracy

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