Quotes tagged ‘french’

“But I love hearing you speak in French. Reminds me of the old days, when we just met. When we were young and you'd curse me out in French. I used to make you angry just to hear you speak in French.”

— Ramy Youssef, Farouk Hassan, Amr Waked, imdb.com

“Sadly, I'm unable to come on this one, as I despise the French.”

— Lisa McGee, Sister Michael, Siobhan McSweeney, imdb.com

“Alan Turing: I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world. Commander Denniston: Enigma isn't difficult, it's impossible. The Americans, the Russians, the French, the Germans, everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable. Alan Turing: Good. Let me try and we'll k…”

— Graham Moore, Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch, imdb.com

“Auric Goldfinger. Sounds like a French nail varnish.”

— Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn, James Bond, Sean Connery, imdb.com

“The French have a phrase: 'mutilé de guerre'. Do you know it? 'I was mutilated by war.' I spend my day in the company of those mutilated by life, mostly beyond repair. I have always held to the belief that there are times, not times, moments, when the right word, emotion, single touch, might heal. I…”

— Andrew Bernstein, Eldon Chance, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“Jas Mitra: I like her. She's... she smart, the way she talks, she sounds like my father. That funny? Marcus: Your father gave up a civil servant job to help liberate the poor, she's fighting to speak French instead English. That's not much of an objective.”

— John Ridley, Marcus, Babou Ceesay, imdb.com

“I love French wine, like I love the French language. I have sampled every language, French is my favorite. Fantastic language. Especially to curse with. Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d'enculer ta mère. It's like wiping your arse with silk. I love it.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, The Merovingian, Lambert Wilson, imdb.com

“Omelette du fromage.”

— Jason Butler Rote, Genndy Tartakovsky, Dexter, Christine Cavanaugh, imdb.com

“Well, I'm going to be a famous jazz musician. I've got it all figured out. I'll be unappreciated in my own country, but my gutsy blues stylings will electrify the French. I'll avoid the horrors of drug abuse, but I do plan to have several torrid love affairs, and I may or may not die young. I haven'…”

— George Meyer, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com

“Mandy Baxter: Hey, you guys, check this out. Cogito ergo sum. I think therefor I am. Mike Baxter: René Descartes. Mandy Baxter: She was awesome. We learned about her in Philosophy, today. She was French so I don't really know why she was speaking Italian. Mike Baxter: Uh, money well spent. Mandy Bax…”

— Kevin Hench, Mandy Baxter, Molly Ephraim, imdb.com

“Zelda: Mother's maiden name? Sabrina: Becker. Hilda: Favorite dessert that doesn't involve chocolate? Sabrina: There isn't one. How long is this going to go on? Zelda: Until we make absolutely sure you're the real Sabrina. Hilda: Say "Woo hoo". Sabrina: Woo hoo. Salem: Imposter! J'accuse! Sabrina: B…”

— Ruth Bennett, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“A French dinosaur. I only wish this was the strangest thing I've ever encountered.”

— Charlie Tercek, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“Chidi: I just want to have a little chat about your progress. In the last homework assignment, I asked you to examine the ethics of 'Les Misérables,' in which a man steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. Would you please read your first paragraph here? Michael: 'Everyone in this story s…”

— Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Michael, Ted Danson, imdb.com

“Tim: I go to the opera with you. Jill: Oh, once. I've sat through three Rambo movies. When was the last time you took me to a foreign film? Tim: Didn't we just see Le Robocop?”

— Billy Riback, Tim Taylor, Tim Allen, imdb.com

“Noreen Vanderslice: Camus says knowin' we're gonna die makes life absurd. Betsy Solverson: Well, I don't know who that is. But I'm guessing he doesn't have a 6-year-old girl. Noreen Vanderslice: He's French. Betsy Solverson: Ugh, I don't care if he's from Mars. Nobody with any sense would say someth…”

— Noah Hawley, Betsy Solverson, Cristin Milioti, imdb.com

“It is a sign of their rising confidence and sense of security that at a time when one section is still playing the German, French-man, or Englishman, the other with open effrontery comes out as the Jewish race.”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“For the last forty or fifty miles we had on board a strange, vulgar-looking fellow, who had been all over the world; spoke Latin, French, and Spanish; and in the course of three hours told me more than a hundred lies; probably some itinerant Irish schoolmaster.”

— Aaron Burr, archive.org

“As I was writing the concluding line of the preceding page last evening (about I o'clock) an ill-looking fellow opened my door without knocking, and muttering in German something which I did not comprehend, bid me put out my candle. Being in no very placid humor at the moment, as you see, I cursed h…”

— Aaron Burr, archive.org

“The American Colonies in general are equally in danger from Canada, whether it remain in the bands of Britain, under the present form of its Government, or should be restored to the French, which many suspect is intended by the Ministry in England.”

— Benedict Arnold, amarch.lib.niu.edu

“Phoebe: Je m'appelle Claude. Joey: Jet aplee blooo.”

— Sherry Bilsing, Ellen Kreamer, Joey Tribbiani, Matt LeBlanc, imdb.com