Famous Quotes Aboout France
Posted: Mar 27th 2003, 1:06 pm
Here are some things to think about with France being in the news.
"Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France!" ---John Lippman
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." ---Mark Twain
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."---General George S. Patton
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ---Norman Schwartzkopf
"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."---Marge Simpson
"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."---Regis Philbin
"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."---Conan O'Brien
"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!"---Jay Leno
"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it [the proof] came marching into Paris under a German flag."---David Letterman
"Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France!" ---John Lippman
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." ---Mark Twain
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."---General George S. Patton
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ---Norman Schwartzkopf
"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."---Marge Simpson
"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."---Regis Philbin
"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."---Conan O'Brien
"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!"---Jay Leno
"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it [the proof] came marching into Paris under a German flag."---David Letterman