Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
Ralph Waldo EmersonForeigners don’t want to invest any more in France – and this is not working.
Karl LagerfeldFrance had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‚third force,‘ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
Noam ChomskyI was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.
Jurgen KloppIf you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.
Noam ChomskyUp until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
Noam ChomskyIn February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti – France and the United States – combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region.
Noam ChomskyIn Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.
Hermann HessePalestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
Mahatma GandhiKing of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France… settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.
Joan of ArcFrance and Germany have the manufacturing and skill base which is useful to us. France is our dependable strategic partner.
Narendra ModiParis is always a good idea.
Audrey HepburnIn France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.
Karl LagerfeldIn Paris, you’re as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
Kanye WestFrance has more need of me than I have need of France.
Napoleon BonaparteI was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint.
Kurt VonnegutMany people, especially in the U.S., see countries like Sweden or Norway or Finland as role models – we have such a clean energy sector, and so on. That may be true, but we are not role models.
Greta ThunbergWhen I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‚It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.‘ This was a very healthy attitude.
Karl LagerfeldThe wind can be quite extreme in England. We are not familiar with that in Germany, and you have to keep things simple.
Jurgen KloppThere are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France – I don’t know about England – that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.
Karl LagerfeldGermany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.
Theodore RooseveltThe Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free kittens, I don’t know.
John KennedyTo walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
George OrwellIn Germany, they all thought I was a bit mental, very emotional.
Jurgen KloppMy father Ted fought in North Africa, Italy, and Germany during World War II. My grandfather survived the horrors of the trenches in World War I. I truly believe that one of the E.U.’s greatest achievements is that it has kept its members out of conflict in Europe.
Richard BransonThe French have got taste.
Vivienne WestwoodGermany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.
Friedrich NietzscheFrench is the language that turns dirt into romance.
Stephen KingAmerica thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in the world.
Barack ObamaI had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.
Karl LagerfeldOf the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
Joan of Arc