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Quotes on Frenchies

Pour ceux qui ne comprennent pas l’anglais, la phrase suivante n’a pas de sens.
For those who do not understand French, the preceding sentence is meaningless.

 
Disclaimer: This is a collection of quotes on French that were picked from the fortune files and do not imply my personal opinion. It intends to have fun, if your francophilia or French chauvinism makes the following quotes offensive for you, you may look for other articles in this blog or surf away in the Net; if you have some humor sense, you are welcome.

 

- Ah, bonjour, Monsieur.
- Sod off.

Frenchman and Edmund : Nob and Nobility

 
Abroad, adj.:
At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.

Ambrose Bierce, The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary

 
“And for God’s sake don’t invest money in any brokerage firm in which one of the partners is named ‘Frenchy’.”

Woody Allen

 
It’s all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory.

French management saying

 
Chef, n.:
Any cook who swears in French.

 
I’m French! Why do you think I have this outrageous accent?
 
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.

Sir Winston Churchill (1942)
 
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

 
TV Truth: All Brits are classy and all Frenchmen are jerks.
 
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 
In 1880 the French captured Detroit but gave it back … they couldn’t get parts.
 
Guillotine, n.:
A French chopping center.

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4 Responses to “Quotes on Frenchies”

  1. swifty Says:

    cool one’s,thanks for those little moments of fun ;-) (we want more !)

  2. swifty Says:

    cool one’s,thanks for those little moments of fun ;-) (we want more !)
    cool one’s,thanks for those little moments of fun ;-) (we want more !)

  3. Francois Says:

    What’s with French. Gimme a break !!!

  4. Swobodin Says:

    Nothing special, but you have to admit that the manager’s quote is true :-P

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