French Attitudes Quotes

Intellectually the French are wonderfully open, in a way the British just don't begin to be. You can question ideas in France, endlessly. In Britain, two things happen when you do that. Either you're branded an intellectual, which is fundamentally mistrusted, or you're branded a phony and pretentious, which people despise.

Here's some news you might find surprising: By and large, the French like Jews.

In France anti-Americanism applies to only a fraction of the elite. Do you know a lot of young people who don’t want to go to the USA.

Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime.

When I want to know what the French people think, I ask myself.

When African-Americans come to France, the French show them more consideration than they would show an African or a Black Caribbean. When African-Americans come to France, the French people are like, 'Oh, wow. Oh my God.' But if it's an African, they're like, 'Whatever.' It's all because of the past, because of our history.

I am Parisian. I don't love the French.

The fun is in figuring out why the French are susceptible to such tripe.

I know the French mentality.