What are famous quotes about the city of Paris?
Posted by admin on Sep 27, 2008 in Quotations |
tashaBABY asked:
I’m doing a research paper on Paris, France and I wanted to open it with a famous quote about the city, do you know any and who they are by?
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I’m doing a research paper on Paris, France and I wanted to open it with a famous quote about the city, do you know any and who they are by?
Silicone Bracelets & Rubber Wristbands
c’est la vie; such is life
Vive la France; Les Marseilles
The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay…
– Tony Bennett, I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Paris is always a good idea - The movie Sabrina
America is my country and Paris is my hometown - Gertrude Stein
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.-Ernest Hemingway
I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.-Josephine Baker
When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.-Metternich
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“Good talkers are only found in Paris.” - Francois Villon
“When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.” - Prince Metternich
“The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.” - Fred Allen
“I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.” - Cole Porter
“Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London is a teenager, an urchin, and, in this, hasn’t changed since the time of Dickens. Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman.” - John Berger
“No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.” - John Vinocur
“A romantic trip to Paris for a week would be a great for anyone. Being in a big city with lots of cultural opportunities and cafes to sit in would be very un-stressful. Either type could enjoy that.” - Donald Brown
“We both really wanted to go to London but I also wanted to go to Italy. My husband not being keen on Italy, we finally chose Paris because it’s supposed to be such a romantic city and because we both already spoke a bit of French.” - Andrea Phillips
“Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. [About Paris]” - Chamfort