Speaking French Quotes:

To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

source: Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Brontë (2011). “25 Favorite Novels”, p.5417, Smashbooks

topic: Robins, Speaking French, Speak

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

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

topic: Horse, War, Italian, Roman Emperor, Speaking French

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

- Joseph Epstein

topic: Secret, Way, Speaking French

I have mastered many things in my life. Navigating the streets of London, speaking French without an accent, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms..." Tessa stared. "Alas," he went on, "no one has ever actually referred to me as 'the master,' or 'the magister,' either. More's the pity.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Art, Lying, Flower, Japanese Art, Speaking French

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

topic: People, Language, Stores, Speaking French

I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I expect it's like writing in Manhattan, but there aren't as many tourists walking very slowly in front of you when you step out for coffee. It's like writing in Paris, but there are fewer people speaking French.

- Colson Whitehead

topic: Coffee, Writing, Paris, Speaking French

Eddie Izzard is doing his show in French... Will he be able to fake ad-lib as well in other languages? He's been speaking French for a while now, but he's talking about doing his act in German. Haven't the German people suffered enough?

- Andy Kindler

topic: Talking, People, Fake, Speaking French

Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie Souvestre really appreciated Eleanor Roosevelt's talents and encouraged her talents. Also, she spoke perfect French. She grew up speaking French. She's now at a french-speaking school where, you know, girls are coming from all over the world. Not everybody speaks French.

- Blanche Wiesen Cook

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Speaking French, Marie, Wonderful Children, Essays, Speaks French

Gregory Peck was so charismatic. I saw a woman fall down - fall down! - when she saw him in a restaurant. And Brando. We were in London, and by then he was about 380 pounds. There was a gorgeous waitress, and off he went, in direct competition with me for this young girl's attention, speaking French, making her blush.

- Val Kilmer

source: "The Iceman Come Backeth". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. November 28, 2006.

topic: Girl, Fall, Competition, Speaking French, Brando