People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

There is a pride in speaking this language.

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation, " intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.

The secret is to create the condition for change, a process that sometimes takes decades, and then use certain men as pivot points, a fulcrum to move history.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators.

I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

You can leave in a huff. Or you can leave in a minute and a huff.

The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.